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TI-2026-32714 Aliases CVE-2026-44832GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr

Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

Priority LOW 39CWE-281Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00315 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed snipe-it (grokability): 8.4.1snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): 8.4.1

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
grokabilitysnipe-itbefore 8.4.18.4.1Patch availableCNA
—snipe/snipe-it (Packagist)before 8.4.18.4.1Patch availableGHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr
  • snipe-it Vendorgrokability Affected before 8.4.1 Fixed in 8.4.1 Patch available CNA
  • snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 8.4.1 Fixed in 8.4.1 Patch available GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.4.1Vulnerablegrokability
  • cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.4.1 Vulnerable ·grokability

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA snipe-it (grokability) Fixed in 8.4.1
  • Fix · GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) Fixed in 8.4.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44832
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr
  3. 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • 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
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Sources

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