Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows, Citrix Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows.

This issue affects Secure Access Client for Windows: before 26.6.1.20; Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows: before 26. 5.1.7.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 26.6.1.20
Citrix Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 26. 5.1.7

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Solution

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References
Link Providers
https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX696734 cve-icon
History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows, Citrix Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows. This issue affects Secure Access Client for Windows: before 26.6.1.20; Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows: before 26. 5.1.7.
Title Local Privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Citrix

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T13:20:59.282Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T18:32:47.375Z

Link: CVE-2026-53565

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T13:20:55.472Z

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Weaknesses