Vulnerability · CVE-2020-8196
Citrix ADC, Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Published Jul 10, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance
Patch now
CVE-2020-8196 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- Medium4.3
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 26.33%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe citrix/application delivery controller firmware · cpe citrix/gateway firmware · cpe citrix/netscaler gateway firmware · cpe citrix/sd-wan wanop · vendor Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 resulting in limited information disclosure to low privileged users.
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- cpe citrix/application delivery controller firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe citrix/gateway firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe citrix/netscaler gateway firmwareversion unspecified
- cpe citrix/sd-wan wanopversion unspecified
- vendor Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Applianceversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2020-8196
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date May 3, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2020-8196 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC), Gateway, and SD-WAN WANOP Appliance against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-284: Improper Access Control; CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 26.33%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 10, 2020 · Catalog
Detected
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 resulting in limited information disclosure to low privileged users.
Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 resulting in limited information disclosure to low privileged users.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8196
Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway, and multiple Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance models contain an information disclosure vulnerability.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8196
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-8196
30-day exploitation probability 26.3%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-8196
Improper access control in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway versions before 13.0-58.30, 12.1-57.18, 12.0-63.21, 11.1-64.14 and 10.5-70.18 and Citrix SDWAN WAN-OP versions before 11.1.1a, 11.0.3d and 10.2.7 resulting in limited information disclosure to low privileged users.
nvd.nist.gov - Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160047/Citrix-ADC-NetScaler-Local-File-Inclusion.html
Packet Storm link already published on the finding.
packetstormsecurity.com - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-8196
Citrix ADC, Citrix Gateway, and multiple Citrix SD-WAN WANOP appliance models contain an information disclosure vulnerability.
vulncheck.com
References
- Third Party Advisory · packetstormsecurity.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · media.defense.gov
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- Vendor Advisory · support.citrix.com
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · us-cert.cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · us-cert.cisa.gov
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · paloaltonetworks.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.