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GHSA-2rc4-7jc6-qffh Fleet has a Windows MDM management endpoint authentication bypass
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-23998
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-14
Affected packages
• Go github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4: < 4.81.0 → fixed in 4.81.0
Description
Summary
A vulnerability in Fleet’s Windows MDM management endpoint could allow requests to be processed without proper client certificate validation. In certain circumstances, this could allow an attacker to impersonate an enrolled Windows device and retrieve sensitive configuration data.
Impact
Fleet’s Windows MDM management endpoint relies on mutual TLS (mTLS) client certificates to authenticate enrolled devices. In affected versions, requests that did not present a client certificate could be incorrectly treated as trusted.
As a result, an attacker with prior knowledge of a valid enrolled device identifier could potentially impersonate that device and receive configuration payloads intended for it. These payloads may contain sensitive information such as Wi-Fi or VPN configuration data, certificates, or other secrets delivered through MDM profiles.
This issue does not allow enrollment of new devices, administrative access to Fleet, or compromise of the Fleet control plane. Impact is limited to the targeted Windows device.
Workarounds
If an immediate upgrade is not possible, affected Fleet users should temporarily disable Windows MDM.
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Credits
We thank @secfox-ai for responsibly reporting this issue.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-23998 Fleet is open source device management software. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness
References
- https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-2rc4-7jc6-qffh web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23998 advisory
- https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/commit/3ff8119ab8f794806a4cc82e21f760c123d92966 web
- https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet package
- https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/releases/tag/fleet-v4.81.0 web