CVE-2022-27511 Privilege escalation in Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM)

High 8.1 Published Updated

Remote unauthenticated attackers can corrupt the system to reset the admin password, gaining administrative access via SSH after reboot.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-27511?

CVE-2022-27511 is a high-severity vulnerability in Citrix Application Delivery Management (Citrix ADM), published on 16 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Corruption of the system by a remote, unauthenticated user. The impact of this can include the reset of the administrator password at the next device reboot, allowing an attacker with ssh access to connect with the default administrator credentials after the device has rebooted.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27511?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Citrix Application Delivery Management.

How do I fix CVE-2022-27511?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27511 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-27511 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27511 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m9r7-42xp-mhjp.

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