Summary
Password Policy Bypass Vulnerability in Fides Webserver User Accept Invite API
The user invite acceptance API endpoint lacks server-side password policy enforcement, allowing users to set arbitrarily weak passwords by bypassing client-side validation. While the UI enforces password complexity requirements, direct API calls can circumvent these checks, enabling the creation of accounts with passwords as short as a single character.
Details
When an email messaging provider is enabled and a new user account is created in the system, an invite email containing a special link is sent to the new user's email address. This link directs the new user to a page where they can set their initial password. While the user interface implements password complexity checks, these validations are only performed client-side. The underlying /api/v1/user/accept-invite API endpoint does not implement the same password policy validations.
Workarounds
There are no workarounds.
Severity
This vulnerability has been assigned a severity of LOW.
Using CVSS v3.1 it could be scored as CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (5.7 Medium/Moderate), but the likelihood of a user bypassing client-side password complexity rules to set their own password is very low.
Impact
This vulnerability allows an invited user to set an extremely weak password for their own account during the initial account setup process. Therefore that specific user's account can be compromised easily by an attacker guessing or brute forcing the password.
CVE-2024-52008 has a CVSS score of 5.7 (Low). The vector is network-reachable, low privileges required, and user interaction required. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (2.50.0); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
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The vulnerability has been patched in Fides version 2.50.0. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to secure their systems against this threat.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2024-52008? CVE-2024-52008 is a low-severity security vulnerability in ethyca-fides (pip), affecting versions < 2.50.0. It is fixed in 2.50.0.
- How severe is CVE-2024-52008? CVE-2024-52008 has a CVSS score of 5.7 (Low). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of ethyca-fides are affected by CVE-2024-52008? ethyca-fides (pip) versions < 2.50.0 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2024-52008? Yes. CVE-2024-52008 is fixed in 2.50.0. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2024-52008 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2024-52008 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2024-52008 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2024-52008? Upgrade
ethyca-fidesto 2.50.0 or later.