CVE-2026-88772

CRITICALNVD 8.19.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-09-27), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — KEV-added this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMitigate nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • 1,735 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running an affected version — derived from Shodan data (© Shodan); a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 1.3%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · public exploitExposed services: 1,735

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway.

This issue affects ADC: before 14.1-73.37, before 13.1-64.23, before 14.1-73.37 FIPS, and before 13.1.37.279 FIPS and NDcPP; Gateway: before 14.1-73.37 and before 13.1-64.23 leading to Remote Code Execution or Denial of Service

Internet exposure · derived from Shodan data

1,735 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running a version that maps to CVE-2026-88772, in our KEV-Exposure radar’s Shodan-derived sample.

across 25 countries (Germany, Australia, United States, Mauritius, United Kingdom)top: netscaler_gateway
See the KEV-Exposure radar →Derived from Shodan data. Shodan data is owned by Shodan, which holds its copyright (© Shodan). EchelonGraph claims no ownership of it or copyright in it. Aggregate, host-redacted.

How it counts: every 12 hours, when Shodan query credits allow, the radar runs one Shodan query per tracked product, reads up to 100 ip:port services per query, and keeps a service when its banner version matches a CISA-KEV or high-EPSS CVE; a service is dropped when neither a search nor a Shodan InternetDB port re-check has refreshed it for 21 days. A re-check that finds the port still listed by Shodan InternetDB refreshes the service without re-reading the banner, so a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open. A count is a banner-version inference over a sample, not an exploit test and not an internet-wide census, and the unit is a service, not a machine: a machine answering on two ports counts twice.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
81
EG Risk 81/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
1.3%
EPSS %ILE
69th
KEV
⚠ Exploited

CISA SSVCTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 27, 2026

Last Modified

September 28, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-88772(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 55× in last 7d / 76× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-05 03:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:29 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-04 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-04 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-04 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-04 10:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-04 06:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-04 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-03 22:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-03 18:11 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-03 18:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-03 13:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-03 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-03 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-03 01:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-10-02 21:13 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-02 21:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-10-02 17:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-10-02 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-10-02 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-10-02 04:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-10-02 00:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-10-01 20:09 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-01 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-01 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-01 11:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-01 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-01 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-30 23:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-30 19:00 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-30 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-30 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-30 10:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-30 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-30 02:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-29 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-29 17:52 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-29 17:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-29 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-29 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-29 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-29 01:07 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-29 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-28 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 16:43 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-28 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-09-28 12:31 UTCEG score recompute▼ 0.50
  28. 2026-09-28 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-28 12:30 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.1 · severity → HIGH
  30. 2026-09-28 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-28 09:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-28 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-28 04:19 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-28 04:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-28 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-28 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-28 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-27 23:34 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-27 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-27 23:00 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-27 23:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-27 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-27 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-27 21:51 UTCCISA KEV update
  45. 2026-09-27 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-09-27 20:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-27 19:56 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-27 19:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-27 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-27 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-27 16:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCmurrez/CVE-2026-88772
    First seen Sep 27, 2026

    CVE-2026-88772 PoC: Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway DTLS memory overflow (RCE/DoS, CVSS 9.5). Fingerprints Gateway, build vs 14.1-73.37 / 13.1-64.23, UDP/443 DTLS probe. CTX697096; active exploitation reported. https://pocbit.org/pocs/cve-2026-88772

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCwatchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Citrix-Netscaler-CVE-2026-88772
    First seen Sep 27, 2026
    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2026-88772?
CVE-2026-88772 is a critical vulnerability published on September 27, 2026. Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway. This issue affects ADC: before 14.1-73.37, before 13.1-64.23, before 14.1-73.37 FIPS, and before 13.1.37.279 FIPS and NDcPP; Gateway: before 14.1-73.37 and before 13.1-64.23 leading to Remote Code Execution or Denial of Service
When was CVE-2026-88772 disclosed?
CVE-2026-88772 was first published on September 27, 2026, with the most recent update on September 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-88772 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2026-88772 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 27, 2026, affecting Citrix NetScaler. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate attention. No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-88772?
CVE-2026-88772 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
Which products are affected by CVE-2026-88772?
CVE-2026-88772 affects Citrix NetScaler.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-88772?
No fix for CVE-2026-88772 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-88772 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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