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


- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 May 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr

## 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 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-281 (Improper Preservation of Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44832?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `snipe/snipe-it` | Packagist | All versions | 8.4.1 |
| `snipe/snipe-it` | Packagist | All versions | 8.4.1 |

Products: 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63601/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-37709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-37709/): Snipe-IT has insecure permissions in file uploads (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-86738](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-86738/): Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 CSS Injection via Custom CSS (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-116199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-116199/): Snipe-IT before 8.6.3 Authentication Bypass via Google SSO Callback (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2022-1380](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1380/): Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Item name parameter in snipe/snipe-it (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-44832 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-44832 is a high-severity vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 26 May 2026. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44832 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 8.4.1
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 8.4.1

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44832/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44832/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44832
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44832
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44832

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44832/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.