CVE-2026-55460 Snipe-IT: Authorization bypass on bulk editing users

What is CVE-2026-55460?

CVE-2026-55460 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 10 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.2, an authenticated non-admin user with users.view and users.edit but without users.delete can directly POST to /users/bulksave with delete_user=1 because BulkUsersController::destroy() authorizes only update, allowing the user to soft-delete another non-admin user. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.2.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-55460?

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-2026-55460?

Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.6.2 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-55460 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-55460 exists.

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
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Also known as GHSA-vgx7-c78r-69w9.