CVE-2023-41265
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-41265 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-12-07) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-41265 is indexed in GitHub PoC and Nuclei. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
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.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2023-41265 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
- NucleiA nuclei-templates detection/PoC template exists for this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2023-12-07
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