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

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2026-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

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 products

blakeblackshear frigate: before 0.16.3 — fixed in 0.16.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: blakeblackshear frigate 0.16.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/releases/tag/v0.16.3
https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate/security/advisories/GHSA-vg28-83rp-8xx4

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