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CVE-2022-27510: Citrix Gateway: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE-2022-27510 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 and affects Citrix Gateway, along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Unauthorized access to Gateway user capabilities
Severity breakdown
CVSS v3.1 9.8: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
- Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
- Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
- User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
- Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
- Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
- Availability impact: High. Total loss of availability; the component can be shut down.
Underlying weakness
CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.
CWE-287: Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected products
- Citrix Gateway: from 12.1 before 12.1-65.21; from 13.0 before 13.0-88.12; from 13.1 before 13.1-33.41
- Citrix Application Delivery Controller Firmware: from 12.1 before 12.1-65.21; from 13.0 before 13.0-88.12; from 13.1 before 13.1-33.47; from 12.1 before 12.1-55.289