CVEs / CVE-2023-41265
CVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 7 Dec 2023
- critical 9.9 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 88.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server hosting the software.
Description
An HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023 Patch 7 and earlier, November 2022 Patch 10 and earlier, and August 2022 Patch 12 and earlier allows a remote attacker to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests in the raw HTTP request. This allows them to send requests that get executed by the backend server hosting the repository application. This is fixed in August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
| qlik qlik_sense | up to and including may_2023 | — |
| qlik qlik_sense | up to and including february_2023 | — |
| qlik qlik_sense | up to and including august_2022 | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 7 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 28 Dec 2023 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Known |
| Required action | Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.9 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-444 |
References
- CVE-2023-41265 on NVD
- CVE-2023-41265 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801 (cited by CISA)
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801 Vendor Advisory
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes Release Notes
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41265 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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