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TI-2026-32453 Aliases CVE-2026-44541GHSA-5qrq-9645-g5g2

Fides: DOM-based XSS vulnerability in fides.js via fides_description override

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. From version 2.33.0 to before version 2.84.5, there is a DOM-based XSS vulnerability in fides.js via the fides_description override. This issue has been patched in version 2.84.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00297 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed fides (ethyca): 2.84.5ethyca-fides (PyPI): 2.84.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ethycafides2.33.0 to before 2.84.52.84.5Patch availableCNA
—ethyca-fides (PyPI)2.33.0 to before 2.84.52.84.5Patch availableGHSA-5qrq-9645-g5g2
  • fides Vendorethyca Affected 2.33.0 to before 2.84.5 Fixed in 2.84.5 Patch available CNA
  • ethyca-fides (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.33.0 to before 2.84.5 Fixed in 2.84.5 Patch available GHSA-5qrq-9645-g5g2

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——ethyca
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·ethyca

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA fides (ethyca) Fixed in 2.84.5
  • Fix · GHSA-5qrq-9645-g5g2 ethyca-fides (PyPI) Fixed in 2.84.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44541
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qrq-9645-g5g2

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2024-30165 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via SSTI in Fides Webserver Jinja Email Templating Engine CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-30611 Fides: Privacy Request Identity Verification Bypass Vulnerability via Duplicate Detection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • 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
See all 21 →

Sources

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