CVE-2025-57817

Fides Webserver API is Vulnerable to OAuth Client Privilege Escalation

Published Sep 8, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-27268 Fides Webserver API is Vulnerable to OAuth Client Privilege Escalation
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hjfh-p8f5-24wr Fides Webserver API is Vulnerable to OAuth Client Privilege Escalation
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ethyca:fides:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ethyca
Ethyca fides
Vendors & Products Ethyca
Ethyca fides
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Fides Webserver API is Vulnerable to OAuth Client Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 9, 2025, 1:39 PM
Reserved
Aug 20, 2025, 2:30 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 8, 2025, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:43 AM