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CVE-2023-41266

Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability

KEVMEDIUM 6.5EPSS 84.8%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 28 December 2023). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

A path traversal 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 an unauthenticated remote attacker to generate an anonymous session. This allows them to transmit HTTP requests to unauthorized endpoints. This is fixed in August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13.

CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 84.84% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Listed 7 December 2023 · due 28 December 2023 · used in ransomware campaigns
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: qlik/qlik sense
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 84.8% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

CISA notes

Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable. https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41266

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.