{"id":"CVE-2023-37481","summary":"Fides Webserver Vulnerable to SVG Bomb File Uploads","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5"],"modified":"2026-04-10T04:59:45.364096Z","published":"2023-07-18T18:19:15.946Z","database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37481.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-400"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37481.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37481"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/8beaace082b325e693dc7682029a3cb7e6c2b69d"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/ethyca/fides","events":[{"introduced":"b1819932796d12f896eb19d429e0d6e5410955fa"},{"fixed":"8d539d2e847527aa090a84b60115e378ad0f13ed"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-37481.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"}]}