Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) in snipe/snipe-it
Priority LOW 37CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Users with "User:edit" and "Self:api" permissions can promote or demote themselves or other users by performing changes to the group's memberships via API call.This issue affects snipe-it: from v4.6.17 through v6.4.1.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): 6.4.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| grokability | snipe-it | v4.6.17 – v6.4.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) | before 6.4.2 | 6.4.2 | Patch available | GHSA-544r-fc65-v832 |
- snipe-it Vendorgrokability Affected v4.6.17 – v6.4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 6.4.2 Fixed in 6.4.2 Patch available GHSA-544r-fc65-v832
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.6.17 to before 6.4.2 | Vulnerable | grokability |
- cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.17 to before 6.4.2 Vulnerable ·grokability
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-544r-fc65-v832 snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) Fixed in 6.4.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5685
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-544r-fc65-v832
References
Advisory 3
More grokability Snipe-it vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-45238 Snipe-IT: Stored XSS via Inline XML Rendering in the Uploaded Files API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-59327 Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Authentication Bypass via SAML Username Collation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-44513 Snipe-IT: Stored XSS via Custom Field name in asset-list column headers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2023-05072 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in snipe/snipe-it CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-59308 Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Arbitrary File Read and SSRF via Markdown CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-59298 Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Arbitrary File Read and SSRF via Category EULA CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2024-5685 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-5685 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-544r-fc65-v832 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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