Vulnerability · Published Aug 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-41262Fleet: Cross-Team Policy Data Exposure via Global Policy Read Endpoint

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity incorrect authorization in fleet from fleetdm. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 76.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Fleet is an open-source device management platform built on osquery. In versions prior to 4.85.0, the global policy read endpoint (GET /api/latest/fleet/policies/{policy_id}) fails to verify team ownership of the requested policy, allowing an authenticated user with observer-level access on any single team to read the full details of policies belonging to any other team and bypass Fleet's team isolation model. The handler authorizes the request against an empty policy object whose TeamID is nil, which an authorization rule permits for any user holding a role on any team, and then fetches the policy by ID with no team filter and returns it without any post-fetch scope check. Because policy IDs are sequential integers, an attacker can enumerate them to read other teams' policy SQL queries, host pass and fail counts, and associated software-installer and script metadata, exposing security-monitoring strategies and compliance posture across team boundaries. This issue is fixed in version 4.85.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/fleetdm/fleet/v44.85.0GHSA-gm7f-v959-fr2g
Gogithub.com/fleetdm/fleet/v44.85.0GO-2026-5812

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
fleetdm fleet < 4.85.0

Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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