CVE-2023-41266

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: August 29, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: August 5, 2026 at 05:34 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorQlik Sense

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 85%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score84.8%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 84.8% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Qlik Sense contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an anonymous session by sending maliciously crafted HTTP requests. This anonymous session could allow the attacker to send further requests to unauthorized endpoints.

Required Action

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

Ransomware Use

Known

Added to KEV

Dec 7, 2023

Remediation Due

Dec 28, 2023

1036 days overdue

Notes

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

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.