CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-55843
Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, UsersController::update() passes a missing permission request field through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way that can overwrite a target user’s permissions with a sparse result, allowing an administrator updating another administrator, or a user with users.edit updating a regular account, to remove the target’s administrative or granular permissions. This issue is fixe
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"snipe-it","vendor":"grokability","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 8.6.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:96ae566583ccb6cf54d8a9be72771c75405f1bfcf66afc836c1c25f0fd0063c7 · sha256:aaa63744ecfee3fb… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:96ae566583ccb6cf54d8a9be72771c75405f1bfcf66afc836c1c25f0fd0063c7 · sha256:aaa63744ecfee3fb… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:96ae566583ccb6cf54d8a9be72771c75405f1bfcf66afc836c1c25f0fd0063c7 · sha256:aaa63744ecfee3fb… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/1cff2d67aabd00ee51d864c1d7fb717494c1d6ad","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/1cff2d67aabd00ee51d864c1d7fb717494c1d6ad"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:96ae566583ccb6cf54d8a9be72771c75405f1bfcf66afc836c1c25f0fd0063c7 · sha256:aaa63744ecfee3fb… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:96ae566583ccb6cf54d8a9be72771c75405f1bfcf66afc836c1c25f0fd0063c7 · sha256:aaa63744ecfee3fb… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:96ae566583ccb6cf54d8a9be72771c75405f1bfcf66afc836c1c25f0fd0063c7 · sha256:aaa63744ecfee3fb… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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