Secure Access ClientApplication · Citrix
CVE-2025-1222
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn attacker can gain application privileges in order to perform limited modification and/or read arbitrary data in Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac where an attacker can gain application-level privileges to perform limited modification and/or read arbitrary data. The vulnerability allows a local attacker to elevate their privileges within the application context.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Secure Access ClientApplication
< 25.01.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Citrix Secure Access Client is installedOpen Terminal and run: ls /Applications | grep -i 'citrix' or check /Applications folder for 'Citrix Secure Access'Affected if The application exists in /Applications
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Determine the installed versionOpen Terminal and run: defaults read /Applications/Citrix\ Secure\ Access.app/Contents/Info CFBundleVersion or right-click the app > Get Info to view VersionAffected if Version displayed is lower than 25.01.2 or the version cannot be determined (older install)
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Confirm the application bundle identifierRun: mdls -name kCFBundleIdentifier /Applications/Citrix\ Secure\ Access.app 2>/dev/nullAffected if Bundle identifier indicates Citrix Secure Access Client and version check from step 2 shows < 25.01.2
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Check if the application is currently runningRun: ps aux | grep -i 'Citrix Secure Access' or open Activity Monitor and search for Citrix processesAffected if The vulnerable version is running (versions < 25.01.2)
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Review application permissionsCheck System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility or run: ls -la /Applications/Citrix\ Secure\ Access.app/Contents/Affected if Application has elevated permissions and version is < 25.01.2
If Citrix Secure Access Client is installed and the version is below 25.01.2, the environment is affected by this privilege escalation vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped25.01.2
Apply available vendor patches or updates for Citrix Secure Access Client for Mac. If no patch is immediately available, restrict local user access to the system and monitor for suspicious process activity.
25.01.2
- Identify the current version of Citrix Secure Access Client installed on the Mac
- Navigate to the Citrix support portal at support.citrix.com
- Download Citrix Secure Access Client version 25.01.2 or later for Mac
- Follow Citrix's standard installation procedure to apply the update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Secure Access Client
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-1222 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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