On 2025-01-13, CISA added CVE-2023-48365 (Qlik Sense) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog [2]. The vulnerability is listed in the catalog as "Qlik Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability" [2]. CISA requires remediation in accordance with the listed vendor mitigation guidance; see the original text in the body for specific requirements [2].
Backfill: this event became public on Jan 13, 2025 and we added it on Nov 10, 2026. It is not a new event.
CISA Adds Qlik Sense Vulnerability CVE-2023-48365 to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
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- Disclosed
- Jan 13, 2025
- Published
- Nov 10, 2026
- Last updated
- Nov 8, 2026
- CVSS basis
- Our assessment
- 47.7%, higher than 99% of CVEs
- Exploitation and patch status
- ExploitedKEV
- Attack vector
- Vulnerability status
- Actor type
- Motivation
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What happened
Who is affected
Industries mainly affected: Government, Cross-industry
What to do nowOur advice
CISA requires remediation in accordance with the listed vendor mitigation guidance; see the original text in the body for specific requirements [2].
Timeline
Technical details
CISA KEV Listing Record
CISA added CVE-2023-48365 (Qlik Sense) to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities () catalog on 2025-01-13 [2].
Original Technical Description
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. [2]
Official Required Action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. [2]
Individual Vulnerability Record
The U.S. National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides an independent vulnerability record and description for CVE-2023-48365 [1].
References
Official / primary3
- [1]
“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 ”
- [2]
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