Citrix NetScaler Console/NetScaler Agent up to 38.52/56.17 privileges management

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A vulnerability has been found in Citrix NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent up to 38.52/56.17 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12284. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Citrix NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent up to 38.52/56.17. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Authenticated privilege escalation in NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent allows.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.citrix.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-12284 since 12/05/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The attack needs to be done within the local network. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/25/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 38.53 or 56.18 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Network Management Software

Vendor

• Citrix

Name

• NetScaler Agent
• NetScaler Console

Version

• 38.0
• 38.1
• 38.2
• 38.3
• 38.4
• 38.5
• 38.6
• 38.7
• 38.8
• 38.9
• 38.10
• 38.11
• 38.12
• 38.13
• 38.14
• 38.15
• 38.16
• 38.17
• 38.18
• 38.19
• 38.20
• 38.21
• 38.22
• 38.23
• 38.24
• 38.25
• 38.26
• 38.27
• 38.28
• 38.29
• 38.30
• 38.31
• 38.32
• 38.33
• 38.34
• 38.35
• 38.36
• 38.37
• 38.38
• 38.39
• 38.40
• 38.41
• 38.42
• 38.43
• 38.44
• 38.45
• 38.46
• 38.47
• 38.48
• 38.49
• 38.50
• 38.51
• 38.52
• 56.0
• 56.1
• 56.2
• 56.3
• 56.4
• 56.5
• 56.6
• 56.7
• 56.8
• 56.9
• 56.10
• 56.11
• 56.12
• 56.13
• 56.14
• 56.15
• 56.16
• 56.17

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.citrix.com/

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