CVE-2026-44832 PUBLISHED

Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.05.2026 Published: 26.05.2026 Updated: 27.05.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor grokability
Product snipe-it
Versions
  • Version < 8.4.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

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