Is CVE-2023-36827 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2023-36827 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2023-36827 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2023-36827 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-36827?

CVE-2023-36827 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2023-36827

CWE-22Published: July 5, 2023· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

7.5

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform for managing the fulfillment of data privacy requests in a runtime environment, and the enforcement of privacy regulations in code. A path traversal (directory traversal) vulnerability affects fides versions lower than version `2.15.1`, allowing remote attackers to access arbitrary files on the fides webserver container's filesystem. The vulnerability is patched in fides `2.15.1`.

If the Fides webserver API is not directly accessible to attackers and is instead deployed behind a reverse proxy as recommended in Ethyca's security best practice documentation, and the reverse proxy is an AWS application load balancer, the vulnerability can't be exploited by these attackers. An AWS application load balancer will reject this attack with a 400 error. Additionally, any secrets supplied to the container using environment variables rather than a `fides.toml` configuration file are not affected by this vulnerability.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2023-36827 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), with a CVSS base score of 7.5.