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CVE-2019-12991

8.8, high Known exploited

Citrix SD-WAN and NetScaler Command Injection Vulnerability

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CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
74% higher than 99.4% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
16 Jul 20197 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 25 Mar 2022. US federal agencies had to remediate by 15 Apr 2022, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Citrix SD-WAN 10.2.x before 10.2.3 and NetScaler SD-WAN 10.0.x before 10.0.8 have Improper Input Validation (issue 5 of 6).

Details

Vendor
Citrix
Product
Netscaler Sd-wan
Weakness
CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
cve@mitre.org

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 5

Exploit code 2

Advisories 2

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Citrix CVEs

Every Citrix CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-88779 Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.6% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-88771 Citrix NetScaler Improper Input Validation Vulnerability KEV EPSS 1% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-88772 Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability KEV EPSS 1% 8.1, high
  • CVE-2026-19490 Citrix NetScaler Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel Vulnerability KEV EPSS 23% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-8452 Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability KEV EPSS 1% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2026-3055 Citrix NetScaler Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability KEV EPSS 4% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-7775 Citrix NetScaler Memory Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 20% 9.8, critical
  • CVE-2025-6543 Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 11% 9.8, critical

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.