Vulnerability · Published Jul 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-54652Frigate viewer can read logs exposing admin and camera credentials

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement 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 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Frigate is an open source network video recorder. In version 0.17.1, the GET /api/logs/{service} endpoint allows any authenticated user including the viewer role to download Frigate and nginx logs, exposing auto-generated admin passwords and camera credentials logged in request query strings and enabling viewer-to-admin privilege escalation. A fixed release has not been identified.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
blakeblackshear	frigate	<= 0.17.1

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-532, CWE-598, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/security/advisories/GHSA-c4qf-xxq4-vf55 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/commit/68e8afd35c76f05f68de47ee9588d2c91796de4b x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/commit/bd1fc1cc72cd4fa371464a087cbf3d7f3142edc6 x_refsource_MISC