Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability

Citrix NetScaler

Citrix NetScaler ADC (formerly Citrix ADC) and Citrix NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix Gateway) contain an improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer vulnerability that could allow for a denial of service. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-10-04 (federal deadline 2026-10-07).

First seen: 4 Oct 2026
Last update: 4 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2026-88779
CVSS: 8.7
Source: CISA KEV
On the menu as: VPN & firewalls

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## Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability
Severity: high, exploited in the wild. Patch status: patched.
Affected: Citrix NetScaler
Ids: CVE-2026-88779

Citrix NetScaler ADC (formerly Citrix ADC) and Citrix NetScaler Gateway (formerly Citrix Gateway) contain an improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer vulnerability that could allow for a denial of service. Added to CISA KEV on 2026-10-04 (federal deadline 2026-10-07).

## Steps
1. This touches infrastructure (vpn-edge). Look in terraform, ansible, cloud-init, Dockerfiles and docs for the product and version we run. If it isn't in the repo, say so and list what a human should check on the box.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2026-88779") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://community.citrix.com/techzone-blogs/110_security-updates/understanding-and-addressing-cve-2026-88779-in-citrix-netscaler-adc-and-citrix-netscaler-gateway/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88779 https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697174
https://pwned.coffee/i/citrix-netscaler-improper-restriction-of-operations-with-cve-2026-88779

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