CVE-2022-24841: fleetdm fleet Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-24841 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Improper Access Control vulnerability in fleetdm fleet. EPSS estimates a 0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 18-04-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
fleetdm/fleet is an open source device management, built on osquery. All versions of fleet making use of the teams feature are affected by this authorization bypass issue. Fleet instances without teams, or with teams but without restricted team accounts are not affected. In affected versions a team admin can erroneously add themselves as admin, maintainer or observer on other teams. Users are advised to upgrade to version 4.13. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- CVE.orgCNA6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.85%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
57%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.85% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-284Improper Access ControlThe product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
- CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationThe product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
Affected systems
Fleetdm1 product
- fleet< 4.13
Ubuntu1 product
- fleetAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
4 links- github.com/fleetdm/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-pr2g-j78h-84crX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTThird Party Advisory
- github.com/fleetdm/fleet/commit/da171d3b8d149c30b8307723cbe6b6e8847cb30cX Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory