{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "b1819932796d12f896eb19d429e0d6e5410955fa"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8d539d2e847527aa090a84b60115e378ad0f13ed"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/ethyca/fides",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-3rw2-wfc8-wmj5"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/37xxx/CVE-2023-37481.json"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2023-37481",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:08:11.763164580Z",
  "published": "2023-07-18T18:19:15.946Z",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Fides Webserver Vulnerable to SVG Bomb File Uploads"
}