Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-55483Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via Missing admin Permission Check in User Creation

Medium 4.9

In plain English

A medium-severity missing 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 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.3% 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 8.6.0, an authenticated user with users.create permission can submit the admin permission while creating a user because store() in app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php strips superuser permission but does not strip admin permission. The created account can obtain administrative privileges. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	snipe/snipe-it	8.6.0	GHSA-hf68-g98v-wp9g

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
grokability	snipe-it	< 8.6.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · 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

References

https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hf68-g98v-wp9g x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/aea3877718158cc2a10c2dde4597b1f439f5f6cb x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0 x_refsource_MISC