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Medium · 4.9 CVE-2026-55483 EUVD-2026-62679GHSA-hf68-g98v-wp9g

Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via Missing admin Permission Check in User Creation

Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, an authenticated user with users.create permission can submit the admin permission while creating a user because store() in app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php strips superuser permission but does not strip admin permission. The created account can obtain administrative privileges. This issue is fixed 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-hf68-g98v-wp9g

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