Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via SSTI in Fides Webserver Jinja Email Templating Engine
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-1336.
Summary
Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. Starting in version 2.19.0 and prior to version 2.44.0, the Email Templating feature uses Jinja2 without proper input sanitization or rendering environment restrictions, allowing for Server-Side Template Injection that grants Remote Code Execution to privileged users. A privileged user refers to an Admin UI user with the default `Owner` or `Contributor` role, who can escalate their access and execute code on the underlying Fides Webserver container where the Jinja template rendering function is executed. The vulnerability has been patched in Fides version `2.44.0`. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to secure their systems against this threat. There are no workarounds.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ethyca | fides | 2.19.0 to before 2.44.0 | 2.44.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ethyca-fides (PyPI) | 2.19.0 to before 2.44.0 | 2.44.0 | Patch available | GHSA-c34r-238x-f7qx |
- fides Vendorethyca Affected 2.19.0 to before 2.44.0 Fixed in 2.44.0 Patch available CNA
- ethyca-fides (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.19.0 to before 2.44.0 Fixed in 2.44.0 Patch available GHSA-c34r-238x-f7qx
Remediation
- Fix · CNA fides (ethyca) Fixed in 2.44.0
- Fix · GHSA-c34r-238x-f7qx ethyca-fides (PyPI) Fixed in 2.44.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-45053
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c34r-238x-f7qx
References
More ethyca Fides vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-30164 Fides Webserver Authentication Timing-Based Username Enumeration Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-20599 Fides Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Privacy Center of SERVER_SIDE_FIDES_API_URL CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-23262 Sensitive Data Disclosure Vulnerability in Connection Configuration Endpoints in Fides CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-26088 Cryptographically Weak Generation of One-Time Codes for Identity Verification in ethyca-fides CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2025-35700 Fides Webserver API is Vulnerable to OAuth Client Privilege Escalation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2024-25772 Inclusion of Untrusted polyfill.io Code Vulnerability in fides.js CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-45053 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-45053 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c34r-238x-f7qx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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