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CVE-2023-48365: Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before August 2023 Patch 2 allows unauthenticated remote code execution, aka QB-21683.

CriticalCVSS 9.9 · v3.1KEVWeaponized No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Now (action score 83/100)

CISA has confirmed exploitation in the wild (Jan 13, 2025); it is known to be used in ransomware campaigns. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 3, 2025.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 47.7% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 98.8% of all records.
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Patch today or shut off access. Until a fix is released, restrict access to the affected component and follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · CISA KEV · FIRST EPSS

Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before August 2023 Patch 2 allows unauthenticated remote code execution, aka QB-21683. Due to improper validation of HTTP headers, a remote attacker is able to elevate their privilege by tunneling HTTP requests, allowing them to execute HTTP requests on the backend server that hosts the repository application. The fixed versions are August 2023 Patch 2, May 2023 Patch 6, February 2023 Patch 10, November 2022 Patch 12, August 2022 Patch 14, May 2022 Patch 16, February 2022 Patch 15, and November 2021 Patch 17. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-41265.

BDU:2023-07942

Published: Nov 15, 2023
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 47.7% · 98th percentile
CWE: CWE-444

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Action score

Now

Patch today or shut off access.

CVSS: 39 / 40 · 9.9 / 10
CISA KEV: 30 / 30 · Listed
EPSS: 14 / 30 · 47.7%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD: 9.9
CNA · mitre: 9.6; 0.3 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:N

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Actively exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 13, 2025. That signals real attacks, not theory.

Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: Feb 3, 2025.

Known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

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Vendor	Product	CPE
qlik	qlik sense	cpe:2.3:a:qlik:qlik_sense

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

qlik qlik senseaugust_2022
qlik qlik senseaugust_2023
qlik qlik sensefebruary_2022
qlik qlik sensefebruary_2023
qlik qlik sensemay_2022
qlik qlik sensemay_2023
qlik qlik sensenovember_2021
qlik qlik sensenovember_2022

Same product

qlik: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2023-41265An HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023…KEV
95Now
CVE-2023-41266A path traversal vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023 Patch 7…KEV
81Now
CVE-2025-61138Qlik Sense Enterprise v14.212.13 was discovered to contain an information leak via the /dev-hub/ directory.
30Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2022-0564Feb 21, 2022 · Qlik Sense Enterprise Domain User enumeration
21Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2021-36761Jun 21, 2022 · The GeoAnalytics feature in Qlik Sense April 2020 patch 4 allows SSRF.
21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

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Research context

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Timeline

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PublishedNov 15, 2023
CISA KEVJan 13, 2025+424 d
TodayNov 12, 2026+1093 d

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2023-4126578 days apartAn HTTP Request Tunneling vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023…KEV
95Now

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).