
NetScaler C2: A Massive CVE-2026-88771 Exploitation Operation
SOCRadar reports a large Citrix NetScaler exploitation operation around CVE-2026-88771.
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SOCRadar reports a large Citrix NetScaler exploitation operation around CVE-2026-88771.

Mandiant links weeks-long NetScaler ADC/Gateway zero-day exploitation to suspected state actors, hitting 100+ government, finance, and legal organizations.

Actively exploited Citrix NetScaler zero-days CVE-2026-88772/88771 give attackers root access; Mandiant uncovers WHIPSHOT web shells and SLAPSHOT tunneler in ongoing campaign.

Citrix reports NetScaler ADC and Gateway zero-days CVE-2026-88771/88772 (CVSS 9.5) exploited in the wild, with over 50,000 exposed instances.

CISA added Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway flaws CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 to the KEV catalog; Canadian Cyber Centre urges immediate patching.

NCSC warns exploited Citrix NetScaler flaws CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 allow remote compromise.

watchTowr details CVE-2026-88771, a pre-auth command injection in Citrix NetScaler ADC/Gateway patched in bulletin CTX697096 and already exploited as a zero-day.

Attackers are exploiting critical Citrix NetScaler zero-days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 for unauthenticated remote code execution.

Citrix patched two actively exploited critical NetScaler zero-days enabling unauthenticated remote code execution.

Citrix issued emergency patches for eight NetScaler flaws, including zero-days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772.

CERT-EU warns two critical Citrix NetScaler RCE flaws are exploited in the wild and urges immediate patching.

Citrix patched NetScaler ADC/Gateway: auth bypass CVE-2026-19490 (CVSS 9.3) on Gateway/AAA configs and memory overflow CVE-2026-19489 (CVSS 8.8) requiring SIP ALG.
Canada's Cyber Centre updates Citrix advisory as CVE-2026-8451 and CVE-2026-8452 in NetScaler ADC/Gateway are confirmed exploited in the wild.

CVE-2026-19490 is a critical unauthenticated authentication bypass in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, remotely exploitable without user interaction.

Unit 42 confirmed in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2019-19781, a critical Citrix ADC/Gateway directory traversal flaw enabling unauthenticated file access and RCE.
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