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CVE-2023-3467

Status: ModifiedHigh (8)—

Privilege Escalation to root administrator (nsroot)

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 — Netscaler Application Delivery ControllerCitrix — Netscaler Gateway

CWEs

References

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