CVE-2026-44832
HIGHSnipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-281
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (3)
grokability/snipe-it
< 8.4.1
snipe/snipe-it
0 - 8.4.1Packagist
snipeitapp/snipe-it
< 8.4.1
Published
May 26, 2026
Tracked Since
May 27, 2026