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CVE-2026-55483: Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via Missing admin Permission Check in User Creation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-19 · updated 2026-09-30
• Weakness: CWE-862

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

• 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/aea3877718158cc2a10c2dde4597b1f439f5f6cb
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0
• https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hf68-g98v-wp9g

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