CVE-2022-26355

Private-key exposure via ignored TPM selection

Published Mar 9, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024

Resource exposure in Citrix Federated Authentication Service 7.17 through 10.6 allows local users to access a private key. The PowerShell configuration path ignores the selected TPM destination and writes the registration authority certificate's private key to the Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider. The condition requires TPM selection through PowerShell, and exploiting the software-stored key requires local Administrator access to the FAS server.

CVSS severity4.4
Medium
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Resource exposure in Citrix Federated Authentication Service 7.17 through 10.6 allows local users to access a private key. The PowerShell configuration path ignores the selected TPM destination and writes the registration authority certificate's private key to the Microsoft Software Key Storage Provider. The condition requires TPM selection through PowerShell, and exploiting the software-stored key requires local Administrator access to the FAS server.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-26355
Published
Mar 9, 2022
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Vendor
Citrix
Product
Federated Authentication Service
Classifications
CWE-668, T1552.004
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.17 <unspecified
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <=10.6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Citrix · Federated Authentication Serviceversion=7.17 <unspecified; version=unspecified <=10.6

Published CVSS scores

1.9NIST NVDAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
4.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
T1552.004Unsecured Credentials: Private Keys

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