December 7, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2023-41265 — Qlik Sense
known ransomware use
Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-12-07- Federal due date
2023-12-28- Vendor
- Qlik
- Product
- Sense
- EPSS
- 99.8th percentile (score 0.882, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 9.6 (CRITICAL)
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41265
CISA short description
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.
Required action
Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
NVD 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.