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TI-2026-40306 Aliases CVE-2026-55843GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3

Snipe-IT: Improper Privilege Management

Priority LOW 34CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, UsersController::update() passes a missing permission request field through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way that can overwrite a target user’s permissions with a sparse result, allowing an administrator updating another administrator, or a user with users.edit updating a regular account, to remove the target’s administrative or granular permissions. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0054 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed snipe-it (grokability): 8.6.0snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): 8.6.0

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 8.6.08.6.0Patch availableCNA
—snipe/snipe-it (Packagist)before 8.6.08.6.0Patch availableGHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3
  • snipe-it Vendorgrokability Affected before 8.6.0 Fixed in 8.6.0 Patch available CNA
  • snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 8.6.0 Fixed in 8.6.0 Patch available GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 8.6.0Vulnerablegrokability
  • cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 8.6.0 Vulnerable ·grokability

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA snipe-it (grokability) Fixed in 8.6.0
  • Fix · GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3 snipe/snipe-it (Packagist) Fixed in 8.6.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55843
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • 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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