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GHSA-HQ28-CRG7-95PR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 22:24 – Updated: 2026-07-02 14:48

Summary

Snipe-IT has Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

Details

Impact

An 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.

Patches

Patched in https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569, fix was released in v8.4.1

Workarounds

None.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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        "name": "snipe/snipe-it"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-44832"
  ],
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      "CWE-281",
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-08T22:24:45Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-26T20:16:20Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nAn 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.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569, fix was released in v8.4.1\n\n### Workarounds\nNone.",
  "id": "GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr",
  "modified": "2026-07-02T14:48:19Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T22:24:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44832"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Snipe-IT has Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment"
}

CVE-2026-44832 (GCVE-0-2026-44832)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 19:29 – Updated: 2026-07-02 14:48

Title

Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

Summary

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.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-27 14:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-281 - Improper Preservation of Permissions
CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
grokability	snipe-it	Affected: < 8.4.1

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