Privilege Escalation in snipe/snipe-it (CVE-2026-55843)
Summary
Vulnerability in snipe/snipe-it (CVE-2026-55843). Data can be tampered with by attackers. Exploitable via PUT /users/{id}. Mitigation: upgrade to 8.6.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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 fixed in version 8.6.0.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-55843 has been found in snipe/snipe-it.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like PUT /users/{id} over the network to misuse the product.
Data can be tampered with by attackers. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.6.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "snipe/snipe-it CVE-2026-55843" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-55843 (snipe/snipe-it) — CWE-269 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: PUT /users/{id} / UsersController / permission / NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction
Patched: 8.6.0 — 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-269) exists in snipe/snipe-it. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via PUT /users/{id}.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of snipe/snipe-it. Attack surface: PUT /users/{id} / UsersController / permission / NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Data can be tampered with by attackers.
Update to 8.6.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual PUT /users/{id} requests with malformed payloads or SQL meta-characters. 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。 -
2Hunt for indicators of compromise detect
grep 'PUT /users/{id}' /var/log/nginx/access.log | grep -E '(unusual_payload|sqli_pattern)'アクセスログで
PUT /users/{id}への異常なリクエスト (不正な認証ヘッダ・SQLメタ文字)を過去 30〜90日分捜索。WAF/SIEM があれば該当パスのアラート発火履歴を確認。 -
3Apply patch patch
Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.6.0ステージング環境で 8.6.0 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と、Step 2 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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4Post-deployment verification verify
Replay attack against PUT /users/{id} on staging to confirm patch closes the vector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 Step 2 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com