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GHSA-vxm7-9x8v-8gm4
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Summary
A vulnerability in Fleet's labels host-listing endpoint allowed authenticated users with the lowest-privilege Observer role to extract host enrollment secrets (node_key, orbit_node_key) through a cursor-based binary search oracle. The endpoint accepted a user-supplied order_key parameter that was not validated against a column allowlist, permitting sort order to be driven by sensitive columns in a joined table.
Impact
The GET /api/v1/fleet/labels/{id}/hosts endpoint constructs its query using a deprecated helper that did not restrict which columns could appear in the ORDER BY clause. An attacker with Global Observer or Team Observer credentials could supply a sensitive column name (for example, h.node_key) as order_key and combine it with the cursor-based after parameter to binary-search the values of those columns one character at a time. The targeted values never appeared in the response body, but the presence or absence of results revealed each character.
The node_key and orbit_node_key values are the long-lived shared secrets used by osquery and Orbit agents to authenticate to the Fleet server. An attacker who extracted these keys could:
- Impersonate enrolled hosts to Fleet's osquery and Orbit endpoints
- Submit fabricated query results and host inventory data
- Retrieve pending scripts and MDM commands queued for the host
- Poison compliance and policy results across the Fleet deployment
Exploitation required authenticated Observer access. Fleet deployments that restrict Observer roles to fully trusted users were at lower practical risk, but the secrets exposed are high-value and long-lived.
Patches
- v4.85.0
Workarounds
If an immediate upgrade is not possible, administrators should:
- Restrict the Observer role to fully trusted users until the patch is applied
- Rotate
node_keyandorbit_node_keyfor any host suspected of exposure by re-enrolling the affected hosts
For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory:
Email Fleet at security@fleetdm.com Join #fleet in osquery Slack
Credits
Fleet thanks the Security Team at Palantir Technologies for responsibly reporting this issue.
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.
Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.
Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
- CVE-2026-46370Alias
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