CVE-2026-120869 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication controls to access restricted resources on the Citrix NetScaler Console appliance

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Citrix NetScaler

Console

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 14.1-74.34

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697320

History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		An unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication controls to access restricted resources on the Citrix NetScaler Console appliance
Title		An unauthenticated attacker can bypass authentication controls to access restricted resources on the Citrix NetScaler Console appliance
References		https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697320
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NetScaler

Published: 2026-11-12T14:03:14.594Z

Updated: 2026-11-12T14:03:14.594Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T00:53:55.696Z

Link: CVE-2026-120869

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-12T14:17:23.990

Modified: 2026-11-12T14:17:23.990

Link: CVE-2026-120869

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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