Fleet before 4.89.0 contains an unbounded recursion vulnerability in Apple MDM enrollment property list parsing that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server. Attackers can send a crafted binary plist payload of about 150 bytes to the enrollment endpoints, triggering exponential allocation or infinite recursion that exhausts CPU and memory.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 17 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Fleet before 4.89.0 contains an unbounded recursion vulnerability in Apple MDM enrollment property list parsing that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the server. Attackers can send a crafted binary plist payload of about 150 bytes to the enrollment endpoints, triggering exponential allocation or infinite recursion that exhausts CPU and memory.
Title Fleet before 4.89.0 Unauthenticated DoS via Apple MDM Enrollment Plist Parsing
First Time appeared Fleetdm
Fleetdm fleet
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:fleetdm:fleet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Fleetdm
Fleetdm fleet
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-17T18:46:36.681Z

Updated: 2026-10-19T16:39:31.301Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T12:19:42.358Z

Link: CVE-2026-111923

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-19T15:42:29.347Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-17T19:16:35.117

Modified: 2026-10-19T21:14:14.150

Link: CVE-2026-111923

cve-icon Redhat

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