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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-41265

Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

Published Aug 29, 2023 · catalog updated Aug 4, 2026 · Qlik Sense

Patch now

CVE-2023-41265 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 28, 2023. Confirm Qlik Sense against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Critical9.9
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
88.22%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe qlik/qlik sense · vendor Qlik Sense

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.

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  • cpe qlik/qlik senseaugust_2022
  • vendor Qlik Senseversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-41265

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-41265 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Dec 28, 2023. Confirm Qlik Sense against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with qlik/qlik sense august_2022. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-444: HTTP Request Smuggling. EPSS 88.22%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 29, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    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 bac

  2. Dec 7, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Dec 28, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Aug 4, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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 bac

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-41265

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-41265

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-41265

    30-day exploitation probability 88.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-41265

    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 priv

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-41265

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.