CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-24477

Session Fixation

Published: Aug 09, 2023 | Modified: Aug 15, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In certain conditions, depending on timing and the usage of the Chrome web browser, Guardian/CMC versions before 22.6.2 do not always completely invalidate the user session upon logout. Thus an authenticated local attacker may gain acces to the original users session.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cmc Nozominetworks * 22.6.2 (excluding)
Guardian Nozominetworks * 22.6.2 (excluding)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References