Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-4368

Race Condition

UK NCSC AlertRace Condition
Published
23 March 2026
Modified
10 May 2026
CVSS Score v4 7.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.036 88th percentile
Risk Priority 43 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-4368 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Citrix (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 12% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-39 (Process Isolation) and SC-4 (Information in Shared System Resources) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Race Condition in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway when appliance is configured as Gateway (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy) or AAA virtual server leading to User Session Mixup

CWE(s)
CWE-362

Related Threats

Threat-Actor AttributionAI

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-53160Shared CWE-362
CVE-2024-54120Shared CWE-362
CVE-2023-52480Shared CWE-362
CVE-2023-31225Shared CWE-362
CVE-2025-38108Shared CWE-362
CVE-2026-23411Shared CWE-362
CVE-2025-38561Shared CWE-362
CVE-2024-47679Shared CWE-362
CVE-2023-42756Shared CWE-362
CVE-2025-1493Shared CWE-362

Affected Assets

Citrix
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V10.4.2
  • V10.4.5
  • V15.1.3
  • V15.4.1

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-39 Process Isolation partial match

Maintaining separate execution domains for each process structurally eliminates unintended concurrent access to the same shared resources.

SC-4 Information in Shared System Resources partial match

Preventing unintended information transfer through shared system resources directly addresses the improper concurrent modification that defines a race condition.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require proper synchronization primitives and concurrency testing that prevent race conditions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect race conditions, but does not prevent them at design or coding time.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates concurrency controls and synchronization primitives that directly prevent race conditions.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify thread-safety and locking rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles require proper synchronization and resource isolation, addressing the root cause of CWE-362.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe concurrent access patterns and mandate atomic operations or locks.

A.8.32 Change management none match
none

Change management reduces introduction of concurrency bugs during updates, yet does not address the weakness itself.

References