CVE-2026-86771 Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Server-Side Request Forgery via employee_num
Attackers with edit permissions can inject malicious image tags to trigger server-side requests, potentially accessing internal services or cloud metadata.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-86771?
CVE-2026-86771 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It, published on 9 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Snipe-IT versions before 8.7.0 fail to HTML-escape the employee_num field in the acceptance PDF generator, allowing attackers with users.edit permission to inject img tags into TCPDF's writeHTML() function. Attackers can craft a malicious employee_num value containing an img tag with an arbitrary HTTP(S) URL to trigger server-side requests to internal services, cloud metadata endpoints, or external targets when a victim signs an asset acceptance.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86771?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Snipeitapp Snipe-It.
How do I fix CVE-2026-86771?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86771 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2026-86771 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-86771 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Snipeitapp Snipe-It
- CVE-2025-63601 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2026-37709 Snipe-IT has insecure permissions in file uploads
- CVE-2026-86738 Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 CSS Injection via Custom CSS
- CVE-2026-116199 Snipe-IT before 8.6.3 Authentication Bypass via Google SSO Callback
- CVE-2022-1380 Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Item name parameter in snipe/snipe-it
Sources
Also known as GHSA-73xg-j94v-gjcf, GHSA-vf76-xm6x-r4hv.