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GHSA-52fw-7fw2-fmv5medium5.5

Snipe-IT Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation for self via API Permissions Assignment

Impact

A user with only users.edit AND api permissions can send a PATCH to /api/v1/users/{their_own_id} and grant themselves any permission except admin and superuser — for example assets.view, assets.create, reports.view, import, etc.

Source excerpt · OSV

Affected packages

Start with the recorded fix for your release branch. Check your installed version and test compatibility before upgrading. Fixing this advisory does not rule out other vulnerabilities in the release.

snipe/snipe-it Packagist
Affected rangeRecorded fix
Earlier releases before 8.6.0Ecosystem versions8.6.0

Version evidence: OSV · GHSA-52fw-7fw2-fmv5

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Original source description

Impact

A user with only users.edit AND api permissions can send a PATCH to /api/v1/users/{their_own_id} and grant themselves any permission except admin and superuser — for example assets.view, assets.create, reports.view, import, etc.

Patches

Patched in https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/pull/19024

References