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CVE-2020-8187

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Improper input validation in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 11.1-63.9 and 12.0-62.10 allows unauthenticated users to perform a denial of service attack.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Citrix — Application Delivery Controller FirmwareCitrix — Netscaler Gateway Firmware

CWEs

References

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