CVE-2025-57816

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. Prior to version 2.69.1, the Fides Webserver API's built-in IP-based rate limiting is ineffective in environments with CDNs, proxies or load balancers. The system incorrectly applies rate limits based on directly connected infrastructure IPs rather than client IPs, and stores counters in-memory rather than in a shared store. This allows attackers to bypass intended rate limits and potentially cause denial of service. This vulnerability only affects deployments relying on Fides's built-in rate limiting for protection. Deployments using external rate limiting solutions (WAFs, API gateways, etc.) are not affected. Version 2.69.1 fixes the issue. There are no application-level workarounds. However, rate limiting may instead be implemented externally at the infrastructure level using a WAF, API Gateway, or similar technology.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

10 Sep 2025, 18:42

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References () https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/59903c195e2f9f8915a1db94950aefd557033a5c - () https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/59903c195e2f9f8915a1db94950aefd557033a5c - Patch
References () https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.69.1 - () https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.69.1 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-fq34-xw6c-fphf - () https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-fq34-xw6c-fphf - Vendor Advisory
First Time Ethyca fides
Ethyca
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

08 Sep 2025, 22:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-08 22:15

Updated : 2025-09-10 18:42


NVD link : CVE-2025-57816

Mitre link : CVE-2025-57816

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-57816


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Products Affected

ethyca

  • fides
CWE
CWE-799

Improper Control of Interaction Frequency