CVE-2023-37481
LowCVSS 2.7Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk43th percentile — higher than 43% of all known CVEs
Summary
Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform that is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to upload malicious SVG files, leading to resource exhaustion in Admin UI browser tabs.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability can lead to a persistent denial of service on the 'new connector' page, affecting system availability for users with elevated privileges, particularly root users and owners.
Recommendation
It is recommended to upgrade to Fides version 2.16.0 or later to secure the system against this threat. There is no known workaround to remediate this vulnerability without upgrading.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.