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.
Published: 2026-05-26
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr Snipe-IT has Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment
History

Wed, 27 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 26 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Grokability
Grokability snipe-it
Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Grokability
Grokability snipe-it
Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Tue, 26 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment
Weaknesses CWE-281
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, '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'}


Subscriptions

Grokability Snipe-it
Snipeitapp Snipe-it
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T14:05:43.303Z

Reserved: 2026-05-07T21:21:48.352Z

Link: CVE-2026-44832

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T14:05:38.638Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-26T20:16:20.183

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:51:24.423

Link: CVE-2026-44832

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T20:30:15Z

Weaknesses