# CVE-2024-23586: An insufficient session timeout vulnerability affects HCL Nomad server on Domino

> An unauthenticated attacker can obtain old session information due to insufficient session expiration, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w45p-45qw-q65m

## What is CVE-2024-23586?

CVE-2024-23586 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HCL Software Nomad server on Domino, published on 27 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

HCL Nomad is susceptible to an insufficient session expiration vulnerability.   Under certain circumstances, an unauthenticated attacker could obtain old session information.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23586?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hcltech Hcl Nomad.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23586?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23586 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23586 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in HCL Software Nomad server on Domino

- [CVE-2023-23342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23342/): HCL Nomad for web is affected by cryptographic validation of local data access that can be circumvented (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2020-4092](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-4092/): Information disclosure in "HCL Nomad" (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23586 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23586 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HCL Software Nomad server on Domino, published on 27 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23586 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HCL Software Nomad server on Domino. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23586/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23586/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23586
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23586
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23586

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23586/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.