CVE-2026-42303

Fides: Privacy Request Identity Verification Bypass Vulnerability via Duplicate Detection

Published May 12, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. From 2.75.0 to before 2.83.2, Fides deployments that enable both subject identity verification and duplicate privacy request detection are affected by a vulnerability in which an administrator can approve a privacy request whose identity was never verified. For erasure policies, this can result in unauthorized deletion of a data subject's records across every integration configured in the affected deployment. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.83.2.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qx5f-ghc2-7g5c Ethyca Fides has a Privacy Request Identity Verification Bypass Vulnerability via Duplicate Detection
History
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': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. From 2.75.0 to before 2.83.2, Fides deployments that enable both subject identity verification and duplicate privacy request detection are affected by a vulnerability in which an administrator can approve a privacy request whose identity was never verified. For erasure policies, this can result in unauthorized deletion of a data subject's records across every integration configured in the affected deployment. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.83.2.
Title Fides: Privacy Request Identity Verification Bypass Vulnerability via Duplicate Detection
Weaknesses CWE-288
CWE-306
CWE-841
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 12, 2026, 6:40 PM
Reserved
Apr 26, 2026, 12:13 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 12, 2026, 6:17 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 6:10 PM