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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-48493 EUVD-2026-38635GHSA-52fw-7fw2-fmv5

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

Published Jun 23, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
grokability snipe-it < 8.6.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist snipe/snipe-it < 8.6.0 8.6.0 GHSA-52fw-7fw2-fmv5

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