Medium

Fides Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Config API Endpoint

  • Disclosed: 24.10.2023
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:17

Impact

The Fides webserver API allows users to retrieve its configuration using the GET api/v1/config endpoint. The configuration data is filtered to suppress most sensitive configuration information before it is returned to the user, but even the filtered data contains information about the internals and the backend infrastructure, such as various settings, servers’ addresses and ports and database username. This information is useful for administrative users as well as attackers, thus it should not be revealed to low-privileged users.

This vulnerability allows Admin UI users with roles lower than the owner role e.g. the viewer role to retrieve the config information using the API.

Patches

The vulnerability has been patched in Fides version 2.22.1. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to secure their systems against this threat.

Workarounds

There are no workarounds.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) ethyca-fides < 2.22.1 2.22.1

References

CVSS score 6.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200, CWE-863
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
ethyca-fides
Disclosed
24.10.2023
Updated
11.10.2026 15:17

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-1347 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ethyca-fides

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (22) in the archive
Total entries
22
First → latest
07.2023 05.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 7
  • Medium 6
  • Low 9

Disclosures per year

  1. 2023: 9
  2. 2024: 7
  3. 2025: 4
  4. 2026: 2
Severity:
  1. Fides Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Config API Endpoint this entry
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-46125 < 2.22.1 2.22.1
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2023-41319 >= 2.11.0, < 2.19.0 2.19.0
  3. High · 7.5 CVE-2023-36827 < 2.15.1 2.15.1

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