CVE-2026-53565 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

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References

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

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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		https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX696734
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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Citrix

Published: 2026-07-14T12:49:17.998Z

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-53565

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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