Vulnerability · Published Mar 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-33125Frigate Broken Access Control: Users assigned the viewer role can delete admin and other low-privileged accounts

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in frigate from blakeblackshear. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Frigate is a network video recorder (NVR) with realtime local object detection for IP cameras. In versions 0.16.2 and below, users with the viewer role can delete admin and low-privileged user accounts. Exploitation can lead to DoS and affect data integrity. This issue has been patched in version 0.16.3.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIfrigateno fix listedGHSA-vg28-83rp-8xx4
PyPIfrigate0.16.3PYSEC-2026-2483

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
blakeblackshear frigate < 0.16.3

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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