Port 2512Citrix Independent Management Architecture (IMA)

Citrix IMA uses this port for management communication between XenApp and Presentation Server farm components.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: encrypted
assignment: official
risk: 7/10
lookups: 0

also known as citrixima, Citrix MetaFrame IMA

Technical Details

what runs on :2512

Citrix IMA is the management and coordination protocol used by XenApp and earlier MetaFrame/Presentation Server deployments. The IMA service listens on port 2512 for server-to-server farm communication, including management and configuration operations; deployments may also use the related Citrix ports 1494 for ICA, 2598 for ICA session reliability, 80/8080 for Web Interface or StoreFront-related HTTP, and database-specific ports for the IMA data store. IMA traffic is normally encrypted by default, although its configuration depends on the Citrix release and deployment.

Security Information

exposure of :2512

risk score

7/ 10risk

treat as sensitive. widely scanned and regularly exploited when reachable — restrict it to known sources.

remote access averages 3.7 across 143 ports — this one sits 3.3 above.

in transit

encrypted

payloads are protected on the wire

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

Port 2512 is intended for trusted communication between Citrix farm servers and should not be exposed directly to the public internet. Internet exposure can disclose or permit access to sensitive application-delivery management interfaces and should be restricted with firewalls to the required Citrix infrastructure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :2512
service: Citrix Independent Management Architecture (IMA)
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: tls / encrypted
assignment: iana registered
risk: 7/10risk
category: Remote Access System
usage: TCP and UDP port 2512 is used by Citrix Independent Management Architecture (IMA) for communication between Citrix XenApp or Presentation Server servers in a server farm. Engineers typically encounter it on internal Citrix application-delivery infrastructure rather than on client-facing hosts.
lookups: 0rank 994
added: 2026-09-02
updated: 2026-09-02
references: IANA service name registry — port 2512

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:23	Telnet	TCP	Remote Access	caution	34.8k

risk mix of the 8 listed

safe13%
caution88%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :2512Citrix Independent Management Architecture (IMA)

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 2512Citrix Independent Management Architecture (IMA)