diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageService.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageService.java
index 78eee24a34de5..3337c07e6eece 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageService.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageService.java
@@ -62,4 +62,23 @@ 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/repositories/azure/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java
index 2b8992386eb2d..f21dbdfd269f4 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageServiceImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/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;
@@ -249,12 +250,14 @@ public void deleteBlob(String account, LocationMode mode, String container, Stri
     }
 
     @Override
-    public InputStream getInputStream(String account, LocationMode mode, String container, String blob)
-        throws URISyntaxException, StorageException {
+    public InputStream getInputStream(String account, LocationMode mode, String container, String blob) throws URISyntaxException,
+        StorageException {
         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 is = SocketAccess.doPrivilegedException(() ->
+            blockBlobReference.openInputStream(null, null, generateOperationContext(account)));
+        return AzureStorageService.giveSocketPermissionsToStream(is);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/SocketAccess.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/SocketAccess.java
index c4db24a97e958..da8b85430067c 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/SocketAccess.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/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/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageServiceMock.java b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageServiceMock.java
index 6dfe2db628013..68b84594d62ca 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/AzureStorageServiceMock.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-azure/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/azure/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
@@ -170,4 +172,29 @@ 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);
+        }
+    }
 }