Resource exhaustion in Citrix Application Delivery Controller

CVE-2021-22955

A unauthenticated denial of service vulnerability exists in Citrix ADC <13.0-83.27, <12.1-63.22 and 11.1-65.23 when configured as a VPN (Gateway) or AAA virtual server could allow an attacker to cause a temporary disruption of the Management GUI, Nitro API, and RPC communication.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-22955: held from 0.009 to 0.009.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-22955?
CVE-2021-22955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Controller, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-22955?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.