Fides Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Config API Endpoint

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS

6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

• CVE-2023-46125: 0.92% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 60.30 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

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.

Published by the source

24 Oct 2023, 02:21 UTC

Last modified by the source

10 Sep 2026, 03:49 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 13:12 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 26 Oct 2026

   Amended from ghsa record GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89

2. Revision 1 · created · 24 Oct 2026

   Published from osv record GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2023-46125

Advisory: Fides Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Config API Endpoint
IDs: CVE-2023-46125, GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2023-46125 (revision 2, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 13:12 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: ethyca-fides 2.22.1. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI ethyca-fides: affected < 2.22.1; fixed in 2.22.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show ethyca-fides`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on ethyca-fides.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89 (OSV record GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89 lists affected ranges: PyPI ethyca-fides >=0 <2.22.1 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-rjxg-rpg3-9r89 lists affected ranges: PyPI ethyca-fides >=0 <2.22.1)

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