# CVE-2024-8585: LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM - Arbitrary File Download

> Remote attackers with regular privileges can download arbitrary system files due to improper restriction of a file download parameter.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gm84-fcw4-4gm9

## What is CVE-2024-8585?

CVE-2024-8585 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM, published on 9 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Orca HCM from LEARNING DIGITA does not properly restrict a specific parameter of the file download functionality, allowing a remote attacker with regular privileges to download arbitrary system files.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8585?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Learningdigital Orca Hcm.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM

- [CVE-2025-1387](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1387/): Learning Digital Orca HCM - Improper Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-8584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8584/): LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM - Missing Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35963/): Learningdigital.com, Inc. Orca HCM - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35965/): Learningdigital.com, Inc. Orca HCM - Hard-code password (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-1388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1388/): Learning Digital Orca HCM - Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8585 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8585 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM, published on 9 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: LEARNING DIGITAL Orca HCM. 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-2024-8585/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8585/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8585
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8585
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8585

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8585/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.