# CVE-2025-57815: Fides Lacks Brute-Force Protections on Authentication Endpoints

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1335, GHSA-7Q62-R88R-J5GW
- Severity: CVSS 1.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.69.1
- Published: 2025-09-08 · Updated: 2025-09-09

## Affected

- ethyca fides: fixed in 2.69.1
- ethyca-fides (PyPI): fixed in 2.69.1

## Description

Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. Prior to version 2.69.1, the Fides Admin UI login endpoint relies on a general IP-based rate limit for all API traffic and lacks specific anti-automation controls designed to protect against brute-force attacks. This could allow attackers to conduct credential testing attacks, such as credential stuffing or password spraying, which poses a risk to accounts with weak or previously compromised passwords. Version 2.69.1 fixes the issue. For organizations with commercial Fides Enterprise licenses, configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) through an OIDC provider (like Azure, Google, or Okta) is an effective workaround. When OIDC SSO is enabled, username/password authentication can be disabled entirely, which eliminates this attack vector. This functionality is not available for Fides Open Source users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ethyca fides, ethyca-fides, upgrade to a fixed version (2.69.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/security/advisories/GHSA-7q62-r88r-j5gw
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/commit/59903c195e2f9f8915a1db94950aefd557033a5c
- https://github.com/ethyca/fides/releases/tag/2.69.1

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