CVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An HTTP tunneling vulnerability allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Qlik Sense are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical in severity.
- Action
- Patch Qlik Sense to the latest version to address this issue.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41265
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2023-41265Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-41265 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Qlik Sense HTTP
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-48365: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-01-13
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