Actively exploited in the wild
Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
Qlik — Sense · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2023-12-07. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
Required action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
CVE-2023-41265
CriticalCVSS 9.6KEVExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk100th percentile — higher than 100% of all known CVEs
Summary
An HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability was found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows affecting 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. This allows a remote attacker to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests in the raw HTTP request.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability allows an attacker to send requests that are executed by the backend server, potentially leading to unauthorized access to application resources. Organizations should be aware of the risk of privilege escalation by malicious entities.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update to versions that include fixes, namely August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13, to secure the system against this vulnerability.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.