Vulnerability · Published Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-86733Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Remote Code Execution via Backup Restore
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity OS command injection 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 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 streams the SQL entry from an uploaded backup archive directly into the MySQL/MariaDB command-line client (`mysql`) without the --binary-mode flag, so the client interprets lines beginning with backslash commands such as `\!` as local shell commands. An authenticated superadministrator who uploads a crafted ZIP backup (POST /admin/backups/upload) and triggers a restore (POST /admin/backups/restore/{filename}) without the optional `clean` sanitizer parameter — which is not applied by default because DB_SANITIZE_BY_DEFAULT is false — can execute arbitrary OS commands as the web application's operating-system user, exposing application secrets (including database credentials and APP_KEY) and allowing modification of application-writable files and data. Version 8.7.0 adds the --binary-mode flag to the client invocation.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| grokability | snipe-it | 0 – before 8.7.0 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-x53f-48vj-c5fc) vendor-advisory
- VulnCheck Advisory: Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Remote Code Execution via Backup Restore third-party-advisory