Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-86755Snipe-IT 4.2.0 through 8.6.3 Permission Bypass via OAuth
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-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 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Snipe-IT versions 4.2.0 through 8.6.3 expose Laravel Passport's auto-registered personal-access-token routes (GET, POST, DELETE /oauth/personal-access-tokens*) with only 'web' and 'auth:web' middleware, without the self.api permission gate that Snipe-IT enforces on its own token endpoints (/account/api and /api/v1/account/personal-access-tokens). Any user with a valid web session and the corresponding CSRF token can POST to /oauth/personal-access-tokens and mint a long-lived bearer token for their own account, even when an administrator has denied the self.api permission. The issued token is still subject to existing per-endpoint authorization policies, so this is not a privilege escalation; it defeats the administrative control intended to block API/scripted access at the user's own permission level. Fixed in 8.7.0 (commit 3f74b8c), which registers overriding routes wrapped in the can:self.api middleware.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| grokability | snipe-it | 4.2.0 – through 8.7.2 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-76pf-qf59-ff3q) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Snipe-IT 4.2.0 through 8.6.3 Permission Bypass via OAuth third-party-advisory