CVE-2023-48365 — Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
Overview
Qlik Sense contains an HTTP tunneling vulnerability that allows an attacker to escalate privileges and execute HTTP requests on the backend server hosting the software.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-48365
- Vulnerability
- Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Qlik
- Affected products
- Qlik: Sense
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2025-01-13
Remediation guidance
CVE-2023-48365 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Qlik the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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