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CVE-2026-55464: Snipe-IT: Stored XSS via Markdown custom field

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-07-10 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.2, CommonMark escapes raw HTML but does not sanitize javascript: URIs in Markdown hyperlinks, allowing a user with assets.edit permission to place a malicious link in a markdown-textarea custom field that executes arbitrary JavaScript when another user opens the asset detail page and clicks the link. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.2.

Affected products

• grokability snipe-it: before 8.6.2 — fixed in 8.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: grokability snipe-it 8.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/006981cccffce1739e24d3b680b676f772f40e2d
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.2
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-r52f-r9v5-66xr

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