{"cve":"CVE-2023-37481","nvd":{"published":"2023-07-18T19:15:09.927","modified":"2026-06-17T06:08:18.377","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.9},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/8beaace082b325e693dc7682029a3cb7e6c2b69d","https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5","https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/8beaace082b325e693dc7682029a3cb7e6c2b69d","https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5"],"products":["ethyca:fides"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:35.729974749+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-37481","score":0.00704,"percentile":0.53337,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5","summary":"Fides Webserver Vulnerable to SVG Bomb File Uploads","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:42.521456118Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ethyca-fides","purl":"pkg:pypi/ethyca-fides","ranges":[">=2.11.0 <2.16.0"],"fixed":["2.16.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1332","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1332","summary":"Fides Webserver Vulnerable to SVG Bomb File Uploads","modified":"2026-07-07T17:46:45.379976085Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ethyca-fides","purl":"pkg:pypi/ethyca-fides","ranges":[">=2.11.0 <2.16.0"],"fixed":["2.16.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}