# CVE-2026-55483: Snipe-IT: Privilege Escalation via Missing admin Permission Check in User Creation

> Authenticated users with create permissions can escalate to admin by bypassing permission checks during user creation in Snipe-IT.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hf68-g98v-wp9g

## What is CVE-2026-55483?

CVE-2026-55483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 19 Aug 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 8.6.0, an authenticated user with users.create permission can submit the admin permission while creating a user because store() in app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php strips superuser permission but does not strip admin permission. The created account can obtain administrative privileges. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-55483?

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 | 8.6.0 |
| `snipe/snipe-it` | Packagist | All versions | 8.6.0 |

Products: Snipeitapp Snipe-It.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-55483?

Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to 8.6.0 or later.

## Is CVE-2026-55483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-55483 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-2026-55483 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-55483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 19 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-55483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 8.6.0
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 8.6.0

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-2026-55483/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-55483/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55483
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55483
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55483

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-55483/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.