4.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.3 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
MULTIPLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.4%
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.
More information about this type of vulnerability can be found at the following links:
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
ethyca-fides | lt | 2.16.0 |
4.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.3 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
MULTIPLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
12.4%