# CVE-2023-41266: Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2023-41266: Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 8.2 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41266
Last updated: 2026-08-05T03:55:57Z

- Published: 2023-08-29 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-08-05 03:55 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 8.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
- EPSS: 84.8%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2023-12-07, federal due date 2023-12-28, ransomware use: Known

## 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.

## 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-2023-41266)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41266)
- [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-2023-41266 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-41266.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2023-41266 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:09:58.388Z