Local standard-user escalation to SYSTEM
Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026
Privilege escalation in affected Citrix Windows clients allows local users with standard access to gain SYSTEM privileges. Citrix has not published the vulnerable component or the operation that improperly manages privileges; the issue affects Secure Access Client for Windows before 26.6.1.20 and Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows before 26.5.1.7. Exploitation requires standard user access on the local Windows system and grants full SYSTEM-level control over that system.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in affected Citrix Windows clients allows local users with standard access to gain SYSTEM privileges. Citrix has not published the vulnerable component or the operation that improperly manages privileges; the issue affects Secure Access Client for Windows before 26.6.1.20 and Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows before 26.5.1.7. Exploitation requires standard user access on the local Windows system and grants full SYSTEM-level control over that system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-53565
- Published
- Jul 14, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 14, 2026
- Vendor
- Cloud Software Group
- Product
- Citrix Endpoint Analysis Client for Windows
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 14, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 14, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <26. 5.1.7
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