CVE-2026-42303
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.1 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-288
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-42303.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-42303. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/0e320b20934eb5af3a3d5127dba2691605d7ff37
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/e7a6527b0f9fdc9887b86a89bb5453e7421882dd
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/7971
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/7972
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.83.2
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-qx5f-ghc2-7g5c
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-qx5f-ghc2-7g5c
References
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/0e320b20934eb5af3a3d5127dba2691605d7ff37
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/e7a6527b0f9fdc9887b86a89bb5453e7421882dd
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/7971
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/7972
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.83.2
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-qx5f-ghc2-7g5c
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-qx5f-ghc2-7g5c