# CVE-2026-85616: Snipe-IT before 8.6.2 Authorization Bypass via Checkout-Acceptance

> Authenticated users can bypass authorization to view or modify asset acceptance records from other companies when multiple company support is enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 4 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95f4-rr4j-j25q, GHSA-jqgw-vpjc-86fc

## What is CVE-2026-85616?

CVE-2026-85616 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 4 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Snipe-IT versions before 8.6.2 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability in checkout-acceptance report actions when Full Multiple Company Support is enabled. Authenticated users with reports.view permission can enumerate sequential acceptance IDs and soft-delete or trigger reminder emails for acceptances belonging to other companies by exploiting a null check on the legacy users.company_id column.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85616?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Snipeitapp Snipe-It.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-85616?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-85616 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-85616 exists.

## 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-2026-85616 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-85616 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 4 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-85616 exists.

Affected product: Snipeitapp Snipe-It. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

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-2026-85616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85616/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85616
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85616
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85616

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85616/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.