Vulnerability in snipe/snipe-it (CVE-2026-55519)
Summary
Vulnerability in snipe/snipe-it (CVE-2026-55519). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 8.4.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Impact
A vulnerability was identified in Snipe-IT v8.4.0 (build 21280-g91a95dbc6) that allows any authenticated user with generic asset edit permissions to delete files attached to any asset in the system, regardless of ownership or company assignment. This constitutes an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability caused by a class-level authorization check in the file deletion endpoint, where an instance-level check is required.
The vulnerability exists in both the web and API controllers, affecting all Snipe-IT installations running version 8.4.0 and potentially earlier versions.
Patches
Patched in https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/8bc7d50e35d93eee5a0d48b4923e497937cf93fd
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-55519 has been found in snipe/snipe-it.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.4.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "snipe/snipe-it CVE-2026-55519" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-55519 (snipe/snipe-it) — CWE-285 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 8.4.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-285) exists in snipe/snipe-it.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of snipe/snipe-it.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.4/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 8.4.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'snipe/snipe-it' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'snipe/snipe-it' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
snipe/snipe-itを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.4.1ステージング環境で 8.4.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- package github.com
- patch security-advisories@github.com
- patch security-advisories@github.com
- patch security-advisories@github.com
- web github.com