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title: "CVE-2026-88774: Citrix NetScaler ADC & Gateway - Broken Access Control"
description: "Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway before 14.1-73.37 and 13.1-64.23 contain a broken access control caused by improper HTTP URL based expression usage, letting attackers bypass feature policy, exploit requires crafted HTTP requests."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-88774/
---

# CVE-2026-88774 Citrix NetScaler ADC & Gateway - Broken Access Control

Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway before 14.1-73.37 and 13.1-64.23 contain a broken access control caused by improper HTTP URL based expression usage, letting attackers bypass feature policy, exploit requires crafted HTTP requests.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88774)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Published

27 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[NVD-CWE-noinfo](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-CWE-noinfo.html) [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html)

## Vendor fix

Upgrade to versions 14.1-73.37 or later and 13.1-64.23 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88774](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88774)
- [https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697096&articleTitle=Citrix\_NetScaler\_ADC\_and\_Citrix\_NetScaler\_Gateway\_Security\_Bulletin\_for\_CVE\_2026\_88771\_CVE\_2026\_88772\_CVE\_2026\_88773\_CVE\_2026\_88774\_CVE\_2026\_88775\_CVE\_2026\_88776\_CVE\_2026\_88777\_and\_CVE\_2026\_88778](https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697096&articleTitle=Citrix_NetScaler_ADC_and_Citrix_NetScaler_Gateway_Security_Bulletin_for_CVE_2026_88771_CVE_2026_88772_CVE_2026_88773_CVE_2026_88774_CVE_2026_88775_CVE_2026_88776_CVE_2026_88777_and_CVE_2026_88778)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
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