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CVE-2026-55476: Snipe-IT: Unauthorized Asset Request Cancellation via Unguarded cancel_by_admin Parameter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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-862

Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, POST /account/request/{itemType}/{itemId}/{cancel_by_admin?}/{requestingUser?} accepts cancel_by_admin as a URL path segment without sufficient authorization, allowing an authenticated user to supply a victim user ID and silently cancel that user’s pending asset requests. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0.

Affected products

• grokability snipe-it: before 8.6.0 — fixed in 8.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: grokability snipe-it 8.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/3c1b18919afbba12d419a9795929493b0391c91a
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ac2162113d9e25e4c61b61916ce67fb2a1050553
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-53jc-27pc-x8r8

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