CVE-2026-44832 Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via API Permissions Assignment

What is CVE-2026-44832?

CVE-2026-44832 is a high-severity vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 26 May 2026.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-281

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44832?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including snipe/snipe-it. It affects 1 product.

Products include Snipeitapp Snipe-It.

How do I fix CVE-2026-44832?

Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.4.1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-44832 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44832 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Snipeitapp Snipe-It

• CVE-2025-63601 File upload in n/a Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-37709 Snipe-IT has insecure permissions in file uploads Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-86738 Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 CSS Injection via Custom CSS Critical 9.3
• CVE-2026-116199 Snipe-IT before 8.6.3 Authentication Bypass via Google SSO Callback Critical 9.2
• CVE-2022-1380 Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Item name parameter in snipe/snipe-it Critical 9.1

All Snipeitapp Snipe-It vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr.