CVE-2026-48493: Snipeitapp Snipe-It

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. In versions prior to 8.6.0, a user with only users.edit 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. The issue is patched in version 8.6.0.

Affected products

• Snipeitapp Snipe-It: before 8.6.0 (fixed in 8.6.0)

Published 2026-06-23. Last modified 2026-06-26.