Frigate viewer can read logs exposing admin and camera credentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Information disclosure, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269, CWE-532 and CWE-863.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blakeblackshear | frigate | up to 0.17.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- frigate Vendorblakeblackshear Affected up to 0.17.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:frigate:frigate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | blakeblackshear |
- cpe:2.3:a:frigate:frigate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·blakeblackshear
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54652
References
More blakeblackshear vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-20743 Frigate Affected by Authenticated Remote Command Execution (RCE) and Container Escape CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-52911 Frigate: WebSocket Missing Authorization — Viewer Can Execute Admin-Only Operations CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-25557 Frigate Broken Access Control: Users assigned the viewer role can delete admin and other low-privileged accounts CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-52912 Frigate: Viewer-Role User Can Access go2rtc Internal API to obtain sensitive information CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2025-38649 Frigate Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Export Thumbnail "image_path" parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2026-25866 Missing authorization in blakeblackshear frigate CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences