CVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

Vendor

Qlik

Product

Sense

Added to the catalog

2023-12-07

Due date for US federal agencies

2023-12-28

Weaknesses

CWE-444

Catalog version

2026.10.30

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 (CISA)

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

Ransomware use: CISA marks this vulnerability as known to be used in ransomware campaigns. CISA does not say which group used it.

Links in CISA's 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

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2023-08-29T23:15:09.170

Last modified

2026-08-05T05:16:39.700

Weaknesses

CWE-444

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.

References

• 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://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-2023-41265 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2023-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated

2026-08-05T03:55:56.330Z

Problem types

n/a

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.

References

• https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes
• https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

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