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Beyond the patch: Protecting your NetScaler gateway against future vulnerabilities

Exploited
Yes
Sources
4

What happened

No summary yet. The timeline below shows what each source reported, in order.

From 4 sources · Wrong?

What to do

  1. CVE-2026-88771 is being exploited: treat it as urgent.
  2. CISA’s required action: Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or…
  3. Check whether you use Citrix NetScaler: add it to your watchlist to hear when it is affected. Open your watchlist

Based on advisory data

Vulnerabilities

Full story timeline · 7 updates

  1. Sun 27 SeptemberCVE-2026-88771 added to CISA’s exploited listCISA KEV
  2. CVE-2026-88772 added to CISA’s exploited listCISA KEV
  3. Wed 30 SeptemberThreat Brief: NetScaler Zero Days CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772 Exploited in the Wild (Updated September 30)Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
  4. Sun 4 OctoberCVE-2026-88779 added to CISA’s exploited listCISA KEV
  5. Mon 5 October5th October – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research
  6. Mon 19 OctoberBeyond the patch: Protecting your NetScaler gateway against future vulnerabilitiesCloudflare Blog (Security)
  7. Rapid7 Analysis: NetScaler intrusions chaining CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88779Rapid7 Blog

Who reported · 4 outlets

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42Check Point ResearchCloudflare Blog (Security)Rapid7 Blog

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