Critical severity · published Aug 29, 2023
CVE-2023-41265
Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
RansomwareIn wildKEV
9.9
CVSS
88.2%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)88.2% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Dec 7, 2023
Federal remediation dueDec 28, 2023
Ransomware campaign useKnown
Affected products
Which versions
QS
Qlik Sense · Qlik
august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; august_2022; +30 more · source: NVD, CISA, KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41265
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41265
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
community.qlik.com
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes
community.qlik.com
https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801
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