CVE-2026-44832

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569	Patch
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-26 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-24 11:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-44832

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44832

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44832

JSON object : View

Products Affected

snipeitapp

snipe-it

CWE

CWE-281

Improper Preservation of Permissions

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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