# CVE-2023-41266

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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2023-41266
- CVSS: 8.2
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2023-12-07; CISA due date 2023-12-28; known ransomware use
- EPSS: 84.84% (percentile 99.7)
- Detection templates only, no public exploit found: 1 Nuclei template
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2023-11-29)
- Weakness: CWE-22
- 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-2023-41266

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