CVE-2023-41265

Qlik Sense: HTTP Tunneling

As of , CVE-2023-41265 in Qlik Sense is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 7 December 2023
US federal deadline
28 December 202321 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Known
EPSS score
0.88Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 7 December 2023EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: community.qlik.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

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

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

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's 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.

The CVE record's description, from mitre

CVE published
29 August 2023
Assigned by
mitre
CVSS
9.6 Critical (CVSS 3.1, from the CNA)
CWE-444
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Sense: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2023-41266Path TraversalQlik SensePatch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.850.85
CVE-2023-48365HTTP TunnelingQlik SensePatch this weekRansomware use0.47

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