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CVE-2026-27806: Fleet Affected by Local Privilege Escalation via Tcl Command Injection in Orbit

April 8, 2026 (updated June 26, 2026)

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.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rphv-h674-5hp2
  • github.com/fleetdm/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-rphv-h674-5hp2
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27806

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.81.1

Fixed versions

  • 4.81.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.81.1 or above.

Impact 7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

go/github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4/CVE-2026-27806.yml

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