CVEs / CVE-2023-41266
CVE-2023-41266: Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 7 Dec 2023
- medium 6.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 84.8% 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 a path traversal vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an anonymous session by sending maliciously crafted HTTP requests. This anonymous session could allow the attacker to send further requests to unauthorized endpoints.
Description
A path traversal 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 an unauthenticated remote attacker to generate an anonymous session. This allows them to transmit HTTP requests to unauthorized endpoints. 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 august_2022 | — |
| 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 november_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 | 6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
References
- CVE-2023-41266 on NVD
- CVE-2023-41266 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-2023-41266 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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