CVE-2023-41266

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2023-12-07. Federal remediation due 2023-12-28.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

84.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-05.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-08-29 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 03:55Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-08-25

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.2)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:H/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cd2844ba7c2be459ee744eece25be5c23e9d54ba162ef5b2b0cd101aa6f940f0

• community.qlik.comhttps://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotes
• community.qlik.comhttps://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41266government-resource