Fleet is open source device management software. Prior to 4.81.1, a broken access control vulnerability in Fleet's host transfer API allows a team maintainer to transfer hosts from any team into their own team, bypassing team isolation boundaries. Once transferred, the attacker gains full control over the stolen hosts, including the ability to execute scripts with root privileges. Version 4.81.1 patches the issue.
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Description Fleet is open source device management software. Prior to 4.81.1, a broken access control vulnerability in Fleet's host transfer API allows a team maintainer to transfer hosts from any team into their own team, bypassing team isolation boundaries. Once transferred, the attacker gains full control over the stolen hosts, including the ability to execute scripts with root privileges. Version 4.81.1 patches the issue.
Title Fleet's team maintainer can transfer hosts from any team via missing source team authorization
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T18:27:15.576Z

Reserved: 2026-03-04T14:44:00.713Z

Link: CVE-2026-29180

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-27T19:16:42.567

Modified: 2026-03-27T19:16:42.567

Link: CVE-2026-29180

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