Medium
Snipe-IT Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation for self via API Permissions Assignment
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-48493
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:01 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Snipe-IT Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation for self via API Permissions Assignment
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Jun 2026, 22:11 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-48493
Complete source record
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"summary": "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.",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:37.029775537Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48493.json",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2026-06-23T22:11:06.847+00:00"
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