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CVE-2023-41266

6.5 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2023-08-29 Modified 2026-08-05 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability — Qlik Sense

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.

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-2023-41266

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-08-29
Last modified: 2026-08-05
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-22

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 configurations

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

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References