CVE-2026-44832 HIGH

CVE-2026-44832: Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

Vendor Grokability
Product snipe-it
Weakness CWE-281
Published May 26, 2026
Last update May 27, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality —
Integrity —

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 26, 2026 CVE published
May 27, 2026 Record updated