CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-41265

9.9 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2023-08-29 Modified 2026-08-05 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability — Qlik Sense

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.

Added to KEV
2023-12-07
Remediation due
2023-12-28
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41265
Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-08-29
Last modified
2026-08-05
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.9 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-444

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 configurations

• qlik qlik sense august 2022 • qlik qlik sense february 2023 • qlik qlik sense may 2023 • qlik qlik sense november 2022

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests weakness

References