Resource exhaustion in Ethyca Fides
CVE-2023-37480
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 a weakness in the connector template upload feature to upload a malicious zip bomb file, resulting in resource exhaustion and service unavailability for all users of the Fides webserver. 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. If an attack occurs, the impact can be mitigated by manually or automatically restarting the affected container.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ethyca Fides — versions >= 2.11.0, < 2.16.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-37480?
- CVE-2023-37480 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ethyca Fides, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2023-07-18.
- How severe is CVE-2023-37480?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.