Vulnerability · Published Sep 22, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-75607Frigate: WebSocket Missing Authorization — Viewer Can Execute Admin-Only Operations
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in frigate from blakeblackshear. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Frigate is an open source network video recorder. Prior to 0.17.2, the WebSocket handler in frigate/comms/ws.py forwards attacker-selected message topics to the dispatcher without checking the authenticated user's role because the nginx authentication subrequest does not provide role-aware authorization to the handler. Any authenticated viewer can send admin-only topics such as restart, notifications/set, and camera detection, recording, snapshot, audio, motion, and enablement settings, causing service restarts or disabling security monitoring functions. Authentication must be enabled and valid viewer credentials are required. This issue is fixed in version 0.17.2.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| blakeblackshear | frigate | < 0.17.2 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/security/advisories/GHSA-r5fm-h944-8chq x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/pull/22710 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/commit/0371b60c715b8e53deed419f742f69d08ccef491 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/releases/tag/v0.17.2 x_refsource_MISC