CVE-2023-37481

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.

CVSS v3 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/8beaace082b325e693dc7682029a3cb7e6c2b69d	Patch
https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-07-18 19:15

Updated : 2023-07-27 19:48

NVD link : CVE-2023-37481

Mitre link : CVE-2023-37481

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-37481

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ethyca

fides

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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