# Qlik Sense: Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> 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. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-01-13.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/qlik-sense-cve-2023-48365 · generated 2026-10-22T22:54:30.229Z

## Status
- Severity: critical · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Qlik Sense
- Started: 2025-01-13 · closed: 2025-01-13
- CVEs: CVE-2023-48365
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-01-13: CISA added CVE-2023-48365 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-02-03).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Qlik Sense: Sense HTTP Tunneling Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/qlik-sense-cve-2023-48365 · status: closed (closed Jan 13, 2025) · severity: critical · updated Jan 13, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
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. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-01-13.

Severity detail: CVSS 9.6 (CNA, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV); known ransomware use

- Product: Qlik Sense
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2023-48365

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Jan 13, 2025: CISA added CVE-2023-48365 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-02-03).

## Advisories
- [Qlik advisory: Qlik Sense](https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/tac-p/2120510) (Qlik)
- [NVD: CVE-2023-48365](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48365) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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