CVE-2021-22927
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A session fixation vulnerability (CVE-2021-22927) was discovered in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway version 13.0-82.45 when configured as a SAML service provider. The vulnerability was initially recorded on January 6, 2021, and was publicly disclosed in August 2021 (CVE MITRE, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-384 (Session Fixation) and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N. The CVSS v2.0 score is 5.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N). The vulnerability requires user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack a user's session, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information and system resources (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Citrix has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixed versions include ADC and Gateway versions 13.0-82.45 and later, 12.1-62.27 and later, and 11.1-65.22 and later (Citrix Advisory).

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