High severity · published Jan 21, 2026
CVE-2026-23517
Fleet has an Access Control vulnerability in debug/pprof endpoints
8.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Fleet is open source device management software. A broken access control issue in versions prior to 4.78.3, 4.77.1, 4.76.2, 4.75.2, and 4.53.3 allowed authenticated users to access debug and profiling endpoints regardless of role. As a result, low-privilege users could view internal server diagnostics and trigger resource-intensive profiling operations. Fleet’s debug/pprof endpoints are accessible to any authenticated user regardless of role, including the lowest-privilege “Observer” role. This allows low-privilege users to access sensitive server internals, including runtime profiling data and in-memory application state, and to trigger CPU-intensive profiling operations that could lead to denial of service. Versions 4.78.3, 4.77.1, 4.76.2, 4.75.2, and 4.53.3 fix the issue. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, users should put the debug/pprof endpoints behind an IP allowlist as a workaround.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
fleet · fleetdm
>= 4.78.0, < 4.78.3; >= 4.77.0, < 4.77.1; >= 4.76.0, < 4.76.2; >= 4.75.0, < 4.75.2; < 4.53.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23517
Patch
https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/commit/5c030e32a3a9bc512355b5e1bf19636e4e6d0317
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-4r5r-ccr6-q6f6
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