CISA Adds Six Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Including Citrix NetScaler, Linux Kernel and Microsoft SQL Server Flaws
CISA added six vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on August 26, 2026, confirming active exploitation in the wild and elevating patching urgency for organizations running Citrix NetScaler, Microsoft SQL Server, Linux systems, and Red Hat components.
The most time-sensitive entry is CVE-2026-8452, a memory-related flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that can lead to denial of service and, according to technical analysis, unauthenticated remote code execution. Citrix published fixes on June 30, 2026, and CISA mandated federal agencies to apply mitigations or updates by August 29, 2026. Attackers have already used the vulnerability to plant web shells for persistence and run reconnaissance commands, enabling lateral movement and credential theft on perimeter appliances.
The remaining five vulnerabilities include long-standing issues that continue to appear in campaigns:
- CVE-2019-1068 in Microsoft SQL Server, allowing remote code execution under the database engine service account.
- CVE-2022-0995 in the Linux kernel, enabling local privilege escalation or denial of service on multi-user systems.
- CVE-2021-23758, an unsafe deserialization flaw in Ajax.NET Professional that can result in code execution when exposed endpoints are present.
- CVE-2015-3246, a race condition in Red Hat libuser.
- CVE-2015-5287, a privilege escalation issue in Red Hat ABRT.
Defenders are advised to conduct targeted inventories of exposed NetScaler devices, SQL Server instances, Linux servers, applications using Ajax.NET Professional, and Red Hat systems with libuser or ABRT. Priority remediation should begin with internet-facing systems, followed by verification of patch application, removal of residual vulnerable configurations, and monitoring for web shells or anomalous service-account activity.
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