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..This CVE has a CVSS3.1 score of 2.7 and a Base Severity of LOW.
| Info | Details |
|---|---|
| CVE ID | CVE-2023-37481 |
| CVE State | PUBLISHED |
| BaseScore | 2.7 |
| BaseSeverity | LOW |
| VectorString | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Version | NA |
References for CVE-2023-37481 :
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/8beaace082b325e693dc7682029a3cb7e6c2b69d
| Metric Type | Metric Score |
|---|---|
| AttackVector(AV) | NETWORK |
| AttackComplexity(AC) | LOW |
| PrivilegesRequired(PR) | HIGH |
| UserInteraction(UI) | NONE |
| Scope(S) | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality(C) | NONE |
| Availability(A) | LOW |
| Integrity(I) | NONE |