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CVE-2023-41265

Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

Published Aug 29, 2023 · updated Aug 4, 2026 · qlik qlik sense

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.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 29, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 bac

  2. Dec 7, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Dec 28, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Aug 4, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 bac

Required action

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

CISA due date Dec 28, 2023

Affected

  • cpe qlik/qlik senseaugust_2022
  • vendor Qlik Senseversion unspecified

Sources

  • CISA KEVCVE-2023-41265

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgCVE-2023-41265

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSCVE-2023-41265

    30-day exploitation probability 88.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2023-41265

    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 priv

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2023-41265 · ZeroDay Findings