CVE-2017-17382 — Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway 10

Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway 10.5 before build 67.13, 11.0 before build 71.22, 11.1 before build 56.19, and 12.0 before build 53.22 might allow remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA paddi

01What is this vulnerability?

Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and NetScaler Gateway 10.5 before build 67.13, 11.0 before build 71.22, 11.1 before build 56.19, and 12.0 before build 53.22 might allow remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data by leveraging a Bleichenbacher RSA padding oracle, aka a ROBOT attack.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-12-13T16:29:00.253
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102173
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039985
• robotattack.org — https://robotattack.org/
• support.citrix.com — https://support.citrix.com/article/ctx230238
• www.kb.cert.org — https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102173
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039985
• robotattack.org — https://robotattack.org/
• support.citrix.com — https://support.citrix.com/article/ctx230238
• www.kb.cert.org — https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389