# CVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

> CVE-2023-41265: Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability. CVSS 9.6 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41265
Last updated: 2026-08-05T03:55:56Z

- Published: 2023-08-29 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-05 03:55 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 9.6 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N
- EPSS: 88.2%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2023-12-07, federal due date 2023-12-28, ransomware use: Known

## 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.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- qlik: qlik\_sense

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-41265)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41265)
- [https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801](https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801)
- [https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes](https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41265 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41265.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-41265 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:05:42.726Z