CVE-2026-48493 PUBLISHED

Snipe-IT Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation for self via API Permissions Assignment

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 21.05.2026 Published: 23.06.2026 Updated: 23.06.2026

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. In versions prior to 8.6.0, a user with only users.edit can send a PATCH to /api/v1/users/{their_own_id} and grant themselves any permission except admin and superuser — for example assets.view, assets.create, reports.view, import, etc. The issue is patched in version 8.6.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.5

Product Status

Vendor grokability
Product snipe-it
Versions
  • Version < 8.6.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE