CVE-2026-3055 is a critical out-of-bounds read vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway caused by insufficient input validation when the appliance is configured as a SAML Identity Provider. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger a memory overread condition and read data outside intended bounds from the vulnerable device. The issue affects customer-managed NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway deployments configured as SAML IdP, including ADC 14.1 before 66.59, ADC 13.1 before 62.23, ADC 13.1 FIPS and NDcPP before 37.262, Gateway 14.1 before 66.59, and Gateway 13.1 before 62.23. The flaw is part of the broader CitrixBleed family of NetScaler memory-disclosure issues and has been observed in active exploitation.
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This repository is a multi-script Python exploit toolkit for CVE-2026-3055, described as a Citrix NetScaler ADC / Gateway memory overread affecting systems configured as a SAML IdP. It is not tied to a known exploitation framework; instead it is a standalone repository with one main exploit and three supporting utilities. Repository structure: the main operational file is exploit.py, which performs vulnerability checking, repeated triggering of the vulnerable endpoint, decoding of the NSC_TASS cookie, extraction of sensitive data from leaked memory, optional session harvesting, and report generation. detectors/vulnerability_checker.py is a lighter-weight detector that only checks whether the target appears vulnerable by requesting /wsfed/passive?wctx and inspecting the returned NSC_TASS cookie. memory_leaker.py is a continuous polling tool that repeatedly hits the same endpoint and prints likely session IDs or cookies found in decoded memory. session_harvester.py is a focused post-exploitation helper that repeatedly collects leaked data, extracts candidate session IDs with regexes, saves them to JSON, and can test a supplied session by replaying it as NSC_TASS and NSC_AAAC against /vpn/index.html. The remaining files are documentation, usage examples, and requirements. Exploit capability: the code performs unauthenticated network/web requests to the target appliance, specifically to /wsfed/passive?wctx, and treats the NSC_TASS cookie as the memory disclosure channel. It base64-decodes the cookie, checks for unusually large decoded content as a sign of vulnerability, and searches leaked memory for session-like strings, cookie material, and other sensitive data. The toolkit is clearly intended to support session theft and administrative session hijacking rather than code execution. The session_harvester component extends this by storing unique sessions and testing whether replayed cookies yield access to /vpn/index.html. Notable observables: the primary fingerprintable target path is /wsfed/passive?wctx, used in all exploit components. A secondary path, /vpn/index.html, is used to validate harvested sessions. Cookie names NSC_TASS, NSC_TEMP, and NSC_AAAC are central to the logic. Example output files include harvested_sessions.json, sessions.json, and report.json. The code disables TLS certificate verification globally for requests sessions. Assessment: this is a real exploit-oriented repository, not just a detector, because it automates repeated triggering of the bug, extracts sensitive data from leaked memory, and includes session replay/testing logic for hijacking. It is best classified as OPERATIONAL rather than WEAPONIZED because the payload is fixed to this vulnerability and target workflow, but it provides practical post-exploitation utility.
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A Citrix NetScaler vulnerability used in manual operations by the named Chinese-speaking threat actor.
Уязвимость в Citrix NetScaler, через которую были подтверждены три успешные компрометации с извлечением памяти и поиском cookie для перехвата сессий.
A vulnerability affecting Citrix NetScaler that the actor successfully exploited to exfiltrate data from three targets.
A Citrix NetScaler vulnerability that the threat actor successfully exploited in manual attacks to extract device memory and harvest authentication cookies for session hijacking.
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