CVE-2024-8068
CVE-2024-8068 is a security flaw in Citrix Session Recording, the gateway companies use to let staff reach internal apps from outside. Someone who already has a foothold can use Citrix Session Recording to take full control of the machine. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks on 25 Aug 2025.[1]
Citrix Session Recording is business software or equipment. Most families won’t have it, but attackers break into it to get inside companies, and from there to what those companies hold about their customers, patients and staff. Fixed in version 24.5.200.8, CU9 hotfix 19.12.9100.6, CU5 hotfix 22.03.5100.11 and CU1 hotfix 24.02.1200.16 of Citrix Session Recording.
Description
CISA calls it an improper privilege management in Citrix Session Recording. In its words: “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.”[1]
The underlying weakness is improper privilege management (CWE-269), in MITRE’s list of common software weaknesses.[2]
It scores 8.0 out of 10 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System, which rates it high, scored by NVD using CVSS 3.1.[2]
Affected versions
NVD’s record lists these fixed versions: in each line, everything before the version shown is affected.[2]
| Product | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Citrix Session Recording | 24.5.200.8 |
| Citrix Session Recording | CU9 hotfix 19.12.9100.6 |
| Citrix Session Recording | CU5 hotfix 22.03.5100.11 |
| Citrix Session Recording | CU1 hotfix 24.02.1200.16 |
Most families won’t have Citrix Session Recording; it’s for whoever looks after IT at work.
Exploitation
CISA added it to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities on 25 Aug 2025, 286 days after it was made public. CISA lists a flaw only when it has reliable evidence of it being exploited, and gave US federal agencies until 15 Sep 2025 to fix it.[1]
FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System, which estimates how likely a flaw is to be used in attacks in the next 30 days from what it sees across the internet, puts it at 3%. That’s in the top 11% of the flaws it scores.[4]
CISA assesses it as not automatable: each attack takes some work.
CISA doesn’t say who was attacked, or how.
Fix
Citrix has published a fix or advice.[3] CISA’s required action: “Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.”[1]
- Check whether you use it.Citrix Session Recording is business software or equipment, so most families won’t have it. If you run a business, or work from home on company equipment, ask whoever looks after your IT.
- Send this page to your IT person.Ask them to confirm it’s fixed (fixed in version 24.5.200.8, CU9 hotfix 19.12.9100.6, CU5 hotfix 22.03.5100.11 and CU1 hotfix 24.02.1200.16 of Citrix Session Recording), or not in use. CISA gave US government agencies until 15 Sep 2025 to fix it.
- If it can’t be fixed, take it offline.CISA’s advice when there’s no fix is to stop using the product, or take it off the internet, until there is one.
You can’t fix someone else’s server, but you can watch for what follows a break-in like this: a breach notice, a password reset you didn’t ask for, or a scam message that knows things it shouldn’t. HARD watches for those for you and your family.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| The flaw is made public in the National Vulnerability Database, with a severity score of 8.0.[2] | |
| CISA adds it to its catalog of flaws known to be used in attacks.[1] | |
| CISA’s deadline for US government agencies to fix it.[1] | |
| FIRST puts the odds of it being used in attacks in the next 30 days at 3%.[4] |
See also
Other Citrix Session Recording flaws
- CVE-2024-8069: deserialization of untrusted data ·
Other Citrix flaws
- CVE-2026-88779, Citrix NetScaler: improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer ·
- CVE-2026-88772, Citrix NetScaler: improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer ·
- CVE-2026-88771, Citrix NetScaler: improper input validation ·
- CVE-2026-19490, Citrix NetScaler: authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel ·
- CVE-2026-8452, Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway: improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer ·
Other improper privilege management flaws
- CVE-2026-102490, Zammad GmbH Zammad: improper privilege management ·
- CVE-2026-84869, ConnectWise ScreenConnect: improper privilege management and missing authorization ·
- CVE-2026-46817, Oracle E-Business Suite: improper privilege management ·
- CVE-2026-21533, Microsoft Windows: improper privilege management ·
- CVE-2024-49035, Microsoft Partner Center: improper access control ·
Added the same day
- CVE-2025-48384, Git: link following ·
- CVE-2024-8069, Citrix Session Recording: deserialization of untrusted data ·
Every Citrix flaw on CISA’s list · Everything added in August 2025
References
- ^ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “Citrix Session Recording Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability”. Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, added 25 Aug 2025.
- ^ National Institute of Standards and Technology. “CVE-2024-8068 Detail”. National Vulnerability Database, published 12 Nov 2024.
- ^ Citrix. Advisories and fixes: support.citrix.com, support.citrix.com.
- ^ FIRST. “Exploit Prediction Scoring System”. EPSS 0.035, percentile 89.1, 31 Oct 2026.
- CVE Program. “CVE-2024-8068”. The official CVE record.
This article is built from CISA’s catalog (version 2026.10.30), NVD’s record and FIRST’s scores, kept in HARD’s database and checked every morning. The plain English is HARD’s.