Vulnerabilities

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

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.

  1. 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.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. 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

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.