CVE-2026-53565 PUBLISHED

Local Privilege escalation allows a low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM privileges

Assigner: Citrix
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 14.07.2026 Updated: 14.07.2026

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.

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 8.5

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Vendor	Citrix
Product	Secure Access Client for Windows
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26.6.1.20 (excl.)

Vendor	Citrix
Product	Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 26. 5.1.7 (excl.)