CVE-2026-44832CWE-281CWE-863

Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

High · published May 26, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.4.1, aAn authenticated user with only users.edit permission can escalate their own privileges to admin by sending a PATCH request to /api/v1/users/{id} with permissions[admin]=1. The API controller only strips the superuser key from the permissions array, allowing admin and all other permission keys to be set by any user who can update users. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00442 · 37.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-281 · Improper Preservation of Permissions; CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-05-26T19:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAY 19:29Z
    Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment
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