CVE-2026-33124 Frigate has insecure password change functionality
Authenticated users can change passwords without current password verification, allowing attackers with stolen tokens to permanently hijack accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-33124?
CVE-2026-33124 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in blakeblackshear frigate, published on 20 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Frigate is a network video recorder (NVR) with realtime local object detection for IP cameras. Versions prior to 0.17.0-beta1 allow any authenticated user to change their own password without verifying the current password through the /users/{username}/password endpoint. Changing a password does not invalidate existing JWT tokens, and there is no validation of password strength. If an attacker obtains a valid session token (e.g., via accidentally exposed JWT, stolen cookie, XSS, compromised device, or sniffing over HTTP), they can change the victim’s password and gain permanent control of the account. Since password changes do not invalidate existing JWT tokens, session hijacks persist even after a password reset. Additionally, the lack of password strength validation exposes accounts to brute-force attacks. This issue has been resolved in version 0.17.0-beta1.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33124?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Frigate Frigate.
How do I fix CVE-2026-33124?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-33124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-33124 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33124 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in blakeblackshear frigate
- CVE-2026-25643 Frigate Affected by Authenticated Remote Command Execution (RCE) and Container Escape
- CVE-2023-45670 Frigate cross-site request forgery in `config_save` and `config_set` request handlers
- CVE-2023-45672 Frigate unsafe deserialization in `load_config_with_no_duplicates` of `frigate/util/builtin.py`
- CVE-2026-33125 Frigate Broken Access Control: Users assigned the viewer role can delete admin and other low-privileged accounts
- CVE-2026-33469 Authenticated Frigate users can read the full unredacted configuration via `/api/config/raw
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24p8-r573-vwr2.