Unauthorized Data Deletion Vulnerability in Fides Privacy Engineering Platform
CVE-2026-42303

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Ethyca

Status
Fides
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-42303?

The Fides privacy engineering platform has a vulnerability that allows administrators to approve privacy requests without verifying the identity of the requestor. This flaw poses a significant risk for deployments enabled with subject identity verification and duplicate request detection, potentially leading to unauthorized deletion of sensitive data across all integrations. The issue is resolved in version 2.83.2.

Affected Version(s)

fides >= 2.75.0, < 2.83.2

References

https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-...
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https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/7971
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https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/7972
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CVSS V4

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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