CVE-2023-37481
July 18, 2023
Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform for managing data privacy requests and privacy regulations. The Fides webserver is vulnerable to a type of Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to upload zip files containing malicious SVG bombs (similar to a billion laughs attack), causing resource exhaustion in Admin UI browser tabs and creating a persistent denial of service of the 'new connector' page ("datastore-connection/new"). This vulnerability affects Fides versions "2.11.0" through "2.15.1". Exploitation is limited to users with elevated privileges with the "CONNECTOR_TEMPLATE_REGISTER" scope, which includes root users and users with the owner role. The vulnerability has been patched in Fides version "2.16.0". Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to secure their systems against this threat. There is no known workaround to remediate this vulnerability without upgrading.
Affected Packages
ethyca-fides (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.11.0 <2.16.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.16.0Related Resources (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
2.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
EPSS
Base Score:
0.09