# CVE-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 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2023-41265
- CVSS: 9.6
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2023-12-07; CISA due date 2023-12-28; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 88.22% (percentile 99.8)
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2023-08-30)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2023-11-29)
- Weakness: CWE-444
- Published: 2023-08-29

## Affected

- qlik:qlik_sense

## References

- [other] https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes
- [other] https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41265

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