CVE-2026-55843: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in grokability snipe-it
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Snipe-IT versions before 8.6.0 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) in the UsersController::update() method. When updating user permissions, missing permission fields are processed through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way that can overwrite the target user's permissions with a sparse set. This allows an administrator updating another administrator, or a user with users.edit permission updating a regular user, to inadvertently remove the target's administrative or granular permissions. The vulnerability is resolved in version 8.6.0.
Potential Impact
An attacker with administrative privileges or users.edit permission can unintentionally remove administrative or granular permissions from other users by exploiting the improper handling of missing permission fields during user updates. This could lead to privilege reduction for targeted accounts, potentially disrupting administrative functions or access controls within the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade Snipe-IT to version 8.6.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are indicated. Patch status is confirmed fixed in 8.6.0.
CVE-2026-55843: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in grokability snipe-it
Description
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 7.0high
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Snipe-IT versions before 8.6.0 contain an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) in the UsersController::update() method. When updating user permissions, missing permission fields are processed through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way that can overwrite the target user's permissions with a sparse set. This allows an administrator updating another administrator, or a user with users.edit permission updating a regular user, to inadvertently remove the target's administrative or granular permissions. The vulnerability is resolved in version 8.6.0.
Potential Impact
An attacker with administrative privileges or users.edit permission can unintentionally remove administrative or granular permissions from other users by exploiting the improper handling of missing permission fields during user updates. This could lead to privilege reduction for targeted accounts, potentially disrupting administrative functions or access controls within the system.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade Snipe-IT to version 8.6.0 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are indicated. Patch status is confirmed fixed in 8.6.0.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-17T16:29:38.865Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5141ec68715ace4309dabf
Added to database: 07/10/2026, 19:03:08 UTC
Last enriched: 07/18/2026, 15:41:32 UTC
Last updated: 08/24/2026, 10:52:10 UTC
Views: 90
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