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CVE-2022-21827: citrix gateway_plug-in Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighModified
Published 26-05-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-21827 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in citrix gateway_plug-in. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-05-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An improper privilege vulnerability has been discovered in Citrix Gateway Plug-in for Windows (Citrix Secure Access for Windows) <21.9.1.2 what could allow an attacker who has gained local access to a computer with Citrix Gateway Plug-in installed, to corrupt or delete files as SYSTEM.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.17% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Citrix1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links