Vulnerability · Published May 26, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-44832Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect authorization in snipe-it from grokability. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.4.1, aAn authenticated user with only users.edit permission can escalate their own privileges to admin by sending a PATCH request to /api/v1/users/{id} with permissions[admin]=1. The API controller only strips the superuser key from the permissions array, allowing admin and all other permission keys to be set by any user who can update users. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	snipe/snipe-it	8.4.1	GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
grokability	snipe-it	< 8.4.1

Weakness: CWE-281, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569 x_refsource_MISC