Snipe-IT has an Improper Privilege Management issue
The advisory, in context
Impact
The update() method in UsersController passes the permission request field unconditionally to NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction, which returns an empty array when the field is absent. The result is passed to PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction, which selectively restores only the superuser key (when the editor is not a superuser) and the admin key (when the editor is neither admin nor superuser). All other permissions — including the admin flag itself when the editing user is an admin — are discarded and $user->permissions is overwritten with the sparse result.
The canEditAuthFields gate permits admins to update other non-superuser accounts (including other admins). When an admin sends a PUT /users/{id} request for another admin without including the permission field, the target's admin flag and all granular permissions are permanently destroyed. The target loses administrative access entirely with no error, warning, or out-of-band notification.
A secondary, lower-impact path exists for non-admin users holding the users.edit permission: they may target regular (non-admin, non-superuser) accounts and wipe all granular permissions in the same way.
Patches
Patched in https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/1cff2d67aabd00ee51d864c1d7fb717494c1d6ad
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.
Earlier releases before 8.6.0
Fixed in 8.6.0
276 explicitly affected versions
3.2.0, v0.1.0, v0.1.1, v0.1.2, v0.2.0, v0.3.0-alpha, v0.3.10-alpha, v0.3.11-alpha, v0.3.7-alpha, v0.3.8-alpha, v0.3.9-alpha, v1.0, v1.1, v1.2.0, v1.2.1, v1.2.10, v1.2.11, v1.2.2, v1.2.3, v1.2.3-beta, v1.2.4, v1.2.4-beta, v1.2.5, v1.2.6, v1.2.6-beta, v1.2.6.1, v1.2.7, v1.2.7-beta, v1.2.8, v1.2.9, v2.0, v2.0-RC-1, v2.0-beta, v2.0.1, v2.0.2, v2.0.3, v2.0.4, v2.0.5, v2.0.6, v2.1.0, v2.1.1, v2.1.2, v3.0, v3.0-alpha, v3.0-alpha2, v3.0-beta.1, v3.0-beta.2, v3.0-beta.3, v3.0.0-beta, v3.1.0, v3.3.0, v3.3.0-beta, v3.4, v3.4.0-alpha, v3.4.0-beta, v3.5.0, v3.5.0-beta, v3.5.0-beta2, v3.5.1, v3.5.2, v3.6.0, v3.6.1, v3.6.2, v3.6.3, v3.6.4, v3.6.5, v3.6.6, v4-beta3, v4-beta4, v4.0, v4.0-alpha, v4.0-alpha-2, v4.0-beta, v4.0-beta2, v4.0-beta5, v4.0-beta6, v4.0.1, v4.0.10, v4.0.11, v4.0.12, v4.0.13, v4.0.14, v4.0.15, v4.0.2, v4.0.3, v4.0.4, v4.0.5, v4.0.6, v4.0.7, v4.0.8, v4.0.9, v4.1.0, v4.1.0-beta, v4.1.0-beta2, v4.1.1, v4.1.10, v4.1.11, v4.1.12, v4.1.13, v4.1.14, v4.1.2, v4.1.3, v4.1.4, v4.1.5, v4.1.6, v4.1.7, v4.1.8, v4.1.9, v4.2.0, v4.3.0, v4.4.0, v4.4.1, v4.5.0, v4.6.0, v4.6.1, v4.6.10, v4.6.11, v4.6.12, v4.6.13, v4.6.14, v4.6.15, v4.6.16, v4.6.17, v4.6.18, v4.6.2, v4.6.3, v4.6.4, v4.6.5, v4.6.6, v4.6.7, v4.6.8, v4.6.9, v4.7.0, v4.7.1, v4.7.2, v4.7.3, v4.7.4, v4.7.5, v4.7.6, v4.7.7, v4.7.8, v4.8.0, v4.9.0, v4.9.1, v4.9.2, v4.9.3, v4.9.4, v4.9.5, v5.0.0, v5.0.0-beta-1.0, v5.0.0-beta-1.1, v5.0.0-beta-2, v5.0.0-beta-3.0, v5.0.0-beta-4, v5.0.0-beta-5, v5.0.1, v5.0.10, v5.0.11, v5.0.12, v5.0.2, v5.0.3, v5.0.4, v5.0.5, v5.0.6, v5.0.7, v5.0.8, v5.0.9, v5.1.0, v5.1.1, v5.1.2, v5.1.3, v5.1.4, v5.1.5, v5.1.6, v5.1.7, v5.1.8, v5.2.0, v5.3.0, v5.3.1, v5.3.10, v5.3.2, v5.3.3, v5.3.4, v5.3.5, v5.3.6, v5.3.7, v5.3.8, v5.3.9, v5.4.0, v5.4.1, v5.4.2, v5.4.3, v5.4.4, v6.0.0, v6.0.0-RC-1, v6.0.0-RC-2, v6.0.0-RC-3, v6.0.0-RC-4, v6.0.0-RC-5, v6.0.0-RC-6, v6.0.0-RC-7, v6.0.0-RC-8, v6.0.1, v6.0.10, v6.0.11, v6.0.12, v6.0.13, v6.0.14, v6.0.2, v6.0.3, v6.0.4, v6.0.5, v6.0.6, v6.0.7, v6.0.8, v6.0.9, v6.1.0, v6.1.1, v6.1.2, v6.2.0, v6.2.1, v6.2.2, v6.2.3, v6.3.0, v6.3.1, v6.3.2, v6.3.3, v6.3.4, v6.4.0, v6.4.1, v6.4.2, v7.0.0, v7.0.1, v7.0.10, v7.0.11, v7.0.12, v7.0.13, v7.0.2, v7.0.3, v7.0.4, v7.0.5, v7.0.6, v7.0.7, v7.0.8, v7.0.9, v7.1.14, v7.1.15, v7.1.16, v7.1.17, v8.0.0, v8.0.1, v8.0.2, v8.0.3, v8.0.4, v8.1.0, v8.1.1, v8.1.15, v8.1.16, v8.1.17, v8.1.18, v8.1.2, v8.1.3, v8.1.4, v8.2.0, v8.2.1, v8.3.0, v8.3.1, v8.3.2, v8.3.3, v8.3.4, v8.3.5, v8.3.6, v8.3.7, v8.4.0, v8.4.1, v8.5.0
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}References
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g3-42wp-gqm3
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55843
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/1cff2d67aabd00ee51d864c1d7fb717494c1d6ad
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.0