CVE-2023-41266
Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Qlik |
|---|---|
| Product | Sense |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
The vulnerability
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.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 28 December 2023 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Ransomware
CISA records this vulnerability as having been used in ransomware campaigns. That is a confirmed observation, not an assessment of likelihood.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 03:29. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.