Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-86772Snipe-IT 8.6.3 Stored XSS via Department Names

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting 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 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Snipe-IT versions before 8.7.0 contain a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in DepartmentPresenter::formattedNameLink() where department names are rendered unescaped in the fallback branch for users without departments.view permission. Users with departments.edit permission can inject malicious scripts into department names that execute in the browsers of all department members when they load their My Assets page.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
grokability	snipe-it	8.6.3 – before 8.7.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-3j84-c68v-g76m) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Snipe-IT 8.6.3 Stored XSS via Department Names third-party-advisory