Read the docs
TI-2025-35700 Aliases CVE-2025-57817GHSA-hjfh-p8f5-24wr

Fides Webserver API is Vulnerable to OAuth Client Privilege Escalation

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. Prior to version 2.69.1, the OAuth client creation and update endpoints of the Fides Webserver API do not properly authorize scope assignment. This allows highly privileged users with `client:create` or `client:update` permissions to escalate their privileges to owner-level. Version 2.69.1 fixes the issue. No known workarounds are available.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0042 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed fides (ethyca): 2.69.1ethyca-fides (PyPI): 2.69.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ethycafidesbefore 2.69.12.69.1Patch availableCNA
—ethyca-fides (PyPI)before 2.69.12.69.1Patch availableGHSA-hjfh-p8f5-24wr
  • fides Vendorethyca Affected before 2.69.1 Fixed in 2.69.1 Patch available CNA
  • ethyca-fides (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.69.1 Fixed in 2.69.1 Patch available GHSA-hjfh-p8f5-24wr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.69.1Vulnerableethyca
  • cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.69.1 Vulnerable ·ethyca

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA fides (ethyca) Fixed in 2.69.1
  • Fix · GHSA-hjfh-p8f5-24wr ethyca-fides (PyPI) Fixed in 2.69.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57817
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hjfh-p8f5-24wr

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2024-30165 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via SSTI in Fides Webserver Jinja Email Templating Engine CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2024-30164 Fides Webserver Authentication Timing-Based Username Enumeration Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2024-20599 Fides Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Privacy Center of SERVER_SIDE_FIDES_API_URL CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2024-23262 Sensitive Data Disclosure Vulnerability in Connection Configuration Endpoints in Fides CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2023-26088 Cryptographically Weak Generation of One-Time Codes for Identity Verification in ethyca-fides CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2024-25772 Inclusion of Untrusted polyfill.io Code Vulnerability in fides.js CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
See all 19 →

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences