Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, UsersController::update() passes a missing permission request field through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way that can overwrite a target user’s permissions with a sparse result, allowing an administrator updating another administrator, or a user with users.edit updating a regular account, to remove the target’s administrative or granular permissions. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0.
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| Description | Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.0, UsersController::update() passes a missing permission request field through NormalizePermissionsPayloadAction and PreserveUnauthorizedPrivilegedPermissionsAction in a way that can overwrite a target user’s permissions with a sparse result, allowing an administrator updating another administrator, or a user with users.edit updating a regular account, to remove the target’s administrative or granular permissions. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.0. | |
| Title | Snipe-IT: Improper Privilege Management | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-10T18:33:09.250Z
Reserved: 2026-06-17T16:29:38.865Z
Link: CVE-2026-55843
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-07-10T20:30:04Z