CVE-2023-37495 HCL Domino is susceptible to a weak cryptography vulnerability

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Attackers with access to hashed values can determine user passwords for Person documents created via the Add Person action, leading to potential account takeover.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-37495?

CVE-2023-37495 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HCL Domino Server, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Internet passwords stored in Person documents in the Domino® Directory created using the "Add Person" action on the People & Groups tab in the Domino® Administrator are secured using a cryptographically weak hash algorithm. This could enable attackers with access to the hashed value to determine a user's password, e.g. using a brute force attack. This issue does not impact Person documents created through user registration https://help.hcltechsw.com/domino/10.0.1/admin/conf_userregistration_c.html .

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-37495?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hcltech Domino.

How do I fix CVE-2023-37495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-37495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-37495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-37495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-528v-fv7h-v892.

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