CVE-2023-37481 Fides Webserver Vulnerable to SVG Bomb File Uploads

2023-07-1818:19:15

CWE-400

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fides

webserver

svg bomb

dos attack

vulnerability

version 2.16.0

2.7 Low

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ethyca",
    "product": "fides",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": ">= 2.11.0, < 2.16.0",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]