Description
Fleet is open source device management software. Prior to 4.81.1, the Orbit agent's FileVault disk encryption key rotation flow on collects a local user's password via a GUI dialog and interpolates it directly into a Tcl/expect script executed via exec.Command("expect", "-c", script). Because the password is inserted into Tcl brace-quoted send {%s}, a password containing } terminates the literal and injects arbitrary Tcl commands. Since Orbit runs as root, this allows a local unprivileged user to escalate to root privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.81.1.
Published: 2026-04-08
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Local Privilege Escalation
Action: Immediate Patch
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rphv-h674-5hp2 Fleet Affected by Local Privilege Escalation via Tcl Command Injection in Orbit
History

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fleetdm:fleet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Fleetdm
Fleetdm fleet
Vendors & Products Fleetdm
Fleetdm fleet

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Description Fleet is open source device management software. Prior to 4.81.1, the Orbit agent's FileVault disk encryption key rotation flow on collects a local user's password via a GUI dialog and interpolates it directly into a Tcl/expect script executed via exec.Command("expect", "-c", script). Because the password is inserted into Tcl brace-quoted send {%s}, a password containing } terminates the literal and injects arbitrary Tcl commands. Since Orbit runs as root, this allows a local unprivileged user to escalate to root privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.81.1.
Title Fleet Affected by Local Privilege Escalation via Tcl Command Injection in Orbit
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T14:24:14.670Z

Reserved: 2026-02-24T02:31:33.267Z

Link: CVE-2026-27806

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Updated: 2026-04-09T14:24:10.875Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-08T19:25:13.543

Modified: 2026-04-14T19:31:32.380

Link: CVE-2026-27806

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Updated: 2026-04-15T16:15:11Z

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