CVE-2026-55843

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: July 10, 2026 Modified: July 10, 2026
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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 userโ€™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 targetโ€™s administrative or granular permissions. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Release Notes
https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3
Source: security-advisories@github.com
Patch Vendor Advisory

3 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

snipeitapp