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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr Snipe-IT has Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment
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Tue, 26 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Grokability
Grokability snipe-it
Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Grokability
Grokability snipe-it
Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Tue, 26 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment
Weaknesses CWE-281
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-26T19:29:31.026Z

Reserved: 2026-05-07T21:21:48.352Z

Link: CVE-2026-44832

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-26T20:16:20.183

Modified: 2026-05-26T20:38:35.380

Link: CVE-2026-44832

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T20:30:15Z

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