Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-34715Partial Password Exposure Vulnerability in Fides Webserver Logs
Low 2.3
In plain English
A low-severity sensitive data in logs in fides from ethyca. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. The Fides webserver requires a connection to a hosted PostgreSQL database for persistent storage of application data. If the password used by the webserver for this database connection includes special characters such as `@` and `$`, webserver startup fails and the part of the password following the special character is exposed in webserver error logs. This is caused by improper escaping of the SQLAlchemy password string. As a result users are subject to a partial exposure of hosted database password in webserver logs. The vulnerability has been patched in Fides version `2.37.0`. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to secure their systems against this threat. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ethyca-fides | 2.37.0 | GHSA-8cm5-jfj2-26q7 |
| PyPI | ethyca-fides | 2.37.0 | PYSEC-2026-1337 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-532, CWE-116 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-8cm5-jfj2-26q7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/6ab37b1ffe2b1a3bd35b706a82f78e061086141c x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/engines.html#escaping-special-characters-such-as-signs-in-passwords x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy/discussions/6615 x_refsource_MISC