Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux Security Bulletin for CVE-2026-118269

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Article ID: CTX697281

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Description

Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux contains the vulnerability mentioned below

CVE-ID 

Description 

Pre-conditions

CWE

CVSSv4

CVE-2026-118269

Local Privilege Escalation: A low-privileged user can gain root privileges

Standard user access on local system

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CVSS v4.0 Base Score: 8.5

(CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N)

What Customers Should Do

Cloud Software Group strongly urges customers of Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux to install the relevant updated versions as soon as possible: 

  • Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux 26.10.4 and later releases

Environment

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Issue/Introduction

Severity - High

Description of Problem

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux. Refer to the information below for further details: 

Affected Versions

The following supported versions of Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux are affected by the vulnerability

  • Citrix Secure Access Client for Linux versions BEFORE 26.10.4

Additional Information

Acknowledgement

Discovered by the Cloud Software Group Product Security Team using advanced AI-assisted analysis

What Citrix is Doing

Citrix is notifying customers and channel partners about this potential security issue through the publication of this security bulletin on the Citrix Knowledge Center at https://support.citrix.com/support-home/topic-article-list?trendingCategory=20&trendingTopicName=Security%20Bulletin

Obtaining Support on This Issue

If you require technical assistance with this issue, please contact Citrix Technical Support. Contact details for Citrix Technical Support are available at https://support.citrix.com/support-home/home 

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Reporting Security Vulnerabilities to Citrix

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Changelog

2026-11-12 Initial Publication