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Day · Oct 17, 2023

Citrix Bleed: NetScaler session token leak (CVE-2023-4966)

Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway

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Updates on Oct 17, 2023

  1. Mandiant reports zero-day exploitation since late August 2023 and session hijacking that survives patching

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Summary

A memory leak in NetScaler ADC and Gateway let attackers read session tokens and hijack logged-in sessions, bypassing passwords and MFA. It was exploited as a zero-day from late August 2023, then widely by LockBit affiliates. Victims included Xfinity (35.9M users).

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