Citrix Secure Access Client privilege escalation flaws
CERT-FR advisory warns of privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Citrix Secure Access Client for Windows and Linux; patches available.
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What to check
- Applies to
- The 2 CVEs named below. Whether you run an affected version is not assessed: check the versions the source lists.
- Exploitation
- No exploitation in the wild and no public exploit is recorded for the CVEs named.
CERT-FR published an advisory detailing two vulnerabilities in Citrix Secure Access Client affecting Windows versions prior to 26.11.1.6 and Linux versions prior to 26.10.4. Both flaws allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation on affected systems. Citrix has released security bulletins (CTX697280 for Windows, CTX697281 for Linux) addressing CVE-2026-118268 and CVE-2026-118269 respectively.
No evidence of active exploitation is mentioned in the advisory. Defenders using Citrix Secure Access Client should identify affected installations and apply the vendor-supplied patches referenced in the Citrix security bulletins as soon as possible, prioritizing endpoints with broad user privileges or exposure to untrusted local users.
Mentioned in this report
Source reporting: https://www.cert.cyber.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-1519
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