diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/util/SocketAccess.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/util/SocketAccess.java
index b35ad53b84e22..51f884713420e 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/util/SocketAccess.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/blobstore/util/SocketAccess.java
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ public final class SocketAccess {
 
     private SocketAccess() {}
 
+    public static <T> T doPrivilegedIOException(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> operation) throws IOException {
+        SpecialPermission.check();
+        try {
+            return AccessController.doPrivileged(operation);
+        } catch (PrivilegedActionException e) {
+            throw (IOException) e.getCause();
+        }
+    }
+
     public static <T> T doPrivilegedException(PrivilegedExceptionAction<T> operation) throws StorageException, URISyntaxException {
         SpecialPermission.check();
         try {
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java
index ec2eec18deb65..9b334ae85bc21 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageService.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.LocationMode;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageException;
+import org.elasticsearch.cloud.azure.blobstore.util.SocketAccess;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.blobstore.BlobMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.Property;
@@ -82,4 +83,23 @@ void moveBlob(String account, LocationMode mode, String container, String source
 
     void writeBlob(String account, LocationMode mode, String container, String blobName, InputStream inputStream, long blobSize) throws
         URISyntaxException, StorageException;
+
+    static InputStream giveSocketPermissionsToStream(InputStream stream) {
+        return new InputStream() {
+            @Override
+            public int read() throws IOException {
+                return SocketAccess.doPrivilegedIOException(stream::read);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException {
+                return SocketAccess.doPrivilegedIOException(() -> stream.read(b));
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+                return SocketAccess.doPrivilegedIOException(() -> stream.read(b, off, len));
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java
index 70a03ae22aeeb..b4cdfe39ccc39 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.RetryExponentialRetry;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.RetryPolicy;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageException;
+import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.BlobInputStream;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.BlobListingDetails;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.BlobProperties;
 import com.microsoft.azure.storage.blob.CloudBlobClient;
@@ -292,7 +293,9 @@ public InputStream getInputStream(String account, LocationMode mode, String cont
         logger.trace("reading container [{}], blob [{}]", container, blob);
         CloudBlobClient client = this.getSelectedClient(account, mode);
         CloudBlockBlob blockBlobReference = client.getContainerReference(container).getBlockBlobReference(blob);
-        return SocketAccess.doPrivilegedException(() -> blockBlobReference.openInputStream(null, null, generateOperationContext(account)));
+        BlobInputStream stream = SocketAccess.doPrivilegedException(() ->
+            blockBlobReference.openInputStream(null, null, generateOperationContext(account)));
+        return AzureStorageService.giveSocketPermissionsToStream(stream);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceMock.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceMock.java
index 7aa37bd5e303c..950284b4c4b2b 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceMock.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cloud/azure/storage/AzureStorageServiceMock.java
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.SocketPermission;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
+import java.security.AccessController;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ public InputStream getInputStream(String account, LocationMode mode, String cont
         if (!blobExists(account, mode, container, blob)) {
             throw new NoSuchFileException("missing blob [" + blob + "]");
         }
-        return new ByteArrayInputStream(blobs.get(blob).toByteArray());
+        return AzureStorageService.giveSocketPermissionsToStream(new PermissionRequiringInputStream(blobs.get(blob).toByteArray()));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -169,4 +171,29 @@ public static boolean endsWithIgnoreCase(String str, String suffix) {
         String lcPrefix = suffix.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
         return lcStr.equals(lcPrefix);
     }
+
+    private static class PermissionRequiringInputStream extends ByteArrayInputStream {
+
+        private PermissionRequiringInputStream(byte[] buf) {
+            super(buf);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized int read() {
+            AccessController.checkPermission(new SocketPermission("*", "connect"));
+            return super.read();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int read(byte[] b) throws IOException {
+            AccessController.checkPermission(new SocketPermission("*", "connect"));
+            return super.read(b);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) {
+            AccessController.checkPermission(new SocketPermission("*", "connect"));
+            return super.read(b, off, len);
+        }
+    }
 }