Citrix Session Recording Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2025-08-25

[ Description ]Official description

Privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access in Citrix Session Recording when an attacker is an authenticated user in the same Windows Active Directory domain as the session recording server domain

CISA: Citrix Session Recording contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation to NetworkService Account access. An attacker must be an authenticated user in the same Windows Active Directory domain as the session recording server domain.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 15 Sep 2025): Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• support.citrix.com/s/article/CTX691941-citrix-session-recording-security-bulletin-for-c…Vendor Advisory
• www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogUS Government Resource