# CVE-2024-8069: Citrix Session Recording Deserialization of Untrusted Data

> An authenticated intranet user can achieve limited remote code execution with NetworkService privileges in Citrix Session Recording.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Yes, since 25 Aug 2025 (CISA KEV)
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww66-45gm-65fm

## What is CVE-2024-8069?

CVE-2024-8069 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Citrix Session Recording, published on 12 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Limited remote code execution with privilege of a NetworkService Account access in Citrix Session Recording if the attacker is an authenticated user on the same intranet as the session recording server

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8069?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Citrix Session Recording.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Sep 2025.

## Is CVE-2024-8069 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-8069 in the wild since at least 25 Aug 2025.

Public exploit code:

- Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (XEN) Unauthenticated RCE (github_poc): https://github.com/mdiqbalahmad/cve-2024-8069-exp-Citrix-Virtual-Apps-XEN

## Other vulnerabilities in Citrix Session Recording

- [CVE-2024-8068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8068/): Citrix Session Recording Improper Privilege Management (medium 5.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8069 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Citrix Session Recording, published on 12 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2024-8069 in the wild since at least 25 Aug 2025.

Affected product: Citrix Session Recording. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8069/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.