CVE-2026-44832: CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions in grokability snipe-it
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-44832 affects Snipe-IT, an IT asset/license management system, where an authenticated user with users.edit permission can escalate their own privileges to admin by sending a crafted PATCH request to /api/v1/users/{id} with permissions[admin]=1. The API controller fails to properly sanitize the permissions array, only removing the superuser key but allowing the admin key and others to be set. This improper preservation of permissions (CWE-281) leads to privilege escalation. The vulnerability is resolved in version 8.4.1.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authenticated users.edit permission can escalate their privileges to admin, potentially gaining full administrative control over the Snipe-IT system. This could lead to unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of sensitive asset and license management data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade Snipe-IT to version 8.4.1 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is confirmed fixed in 8.4.1.
CVE-2026-44832: CWE-281: Improper Preservation of Permissions in grokability snipe-it
Description
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 8.7high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-44832 affects Snipe-IT, an IT asset/license management system, where an authenticated user with users.edit permission can escalate their own privileges to admin by sending a crafted PATCH request to /api/v1/users/{id} with permissions[admin]=1. The API controller fails to properly sanitize the permissions array, only removing the superuser key but allowing the admin key and others to be set. This improper preservation of permissions (CWE-281) leads to privilege escalation. The vulnerability is resolved in version 8.4.1.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authenticated users.edit permission can escalate their privileges to admin, potentially gaining full administrative control over the Snipe-IT system. This could lead to unauthorized access, modification, or deletion of sensitive asset and license management data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade Snipe-IT to version 8.4.1 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is confirmed fixed in 8.4.1.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-07T21:21:48.352Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a15f7b96b9ae66727f5512a
Added to database: 05/26/2026, 19:42:49 UTC
Last enriched: 07/02/2026, 21:04:51 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:59 UTC
Views: 60
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