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Citrix patches NetScaler SAML zero-day exploited in attacks

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

Citrix has released emergency updates for a new NetScaler denial-of-service vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-88779 that has been exploited in zero-day attacks, with researchers investigating whether it can also be exploited for remote code execution. [...]

Analysis

Citrix has released emergency updates for a new NetScaler denial-of-service vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-88779 that has been exploited in zero-day attacks, with researchers investigating whether it can also be exploited for remote code execution. [...]

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CVE (1)
CVE-2026-88779
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Source Attribution

Originally published by BleepingComputer on Oct 4, 2026.

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