CVE-2023-48365
Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows before August 2023 Patch 2 allows unauthenticated remote code execution, aka QB-21683.
- Severity
- 9.9 / 10
- Critical · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 47.73%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 98.85% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- Yes
- In CISA's catalog since Jan 13, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
- CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
- Fix
- None yet
- No fixed version published
Description
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.
How to fix
No fixed version has been published yet. Until one is, remove or replace the package, or turn off or isolate the affected feature. This page updates when a fix ships.
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 9.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Weakness
CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination.
How to prevent it
- Implementation: Use a web server that employs a strict HTTP parsing procedure, such as Apache [REF-433].
- Implementation: Use only SSL communication.
- Implementation: Terminate the client session after each request.
- System Configuration: Turn all pages to non-cacheable.
CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination.
How to prevent it
- Implementation: Use a web server that employs a strict HTTP parsing procedure, such as Apache [REF-433].
- Implementation: Use only SSL communication.
- Implementation: Terminate the client session after each request.
- System Configuration: Turn all pages to non-cacheable.
References
Advisories
Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Remediation due for U.S. federal agencies
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| EEF-CVE-2026-114216 Chunk extensions accept bare LF and CR, enabling request smuggling in Bandit | Not rated yet | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| RUSTSEC-2026-0388 Pingora HTTP/2 :authority and Host header mismatch enables cache poisoning and host-based access control bypass | Not rated yet | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| GHSA-pqxq-w44r-73xw AIOHTTP: Pure-Python parser request smuggling | Medium | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| GHSA-rv87-ccxw-8ggf Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-88092 - ASP.NET Core Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability | Critical | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| GHSA-fpq8-4vhr-rcxx Microsoft Security Advisory CVE-2026-70188 - ASP.NET Core Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability | Critical | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| GO-2026-6613 HTTP/1 server connection desynchronization after 2xx CONNECT response in net/http | High | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| GO-2026-6605 HTTP/1 client connection desynchronization after CONNECT rejection in net/http | High | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
| GO-2026-6610 HTTP/2 transport accepts malformed framing-related headers in net/http | High | Same weakness, CWE-444 |
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