Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting snipe/snipe-it package, versions <8.6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-SNIPESNIPEIT-17950431
  • published11 Jul 2026
  • disclosed10 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-55516  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade snipe/snipe-it to version 8.6.2 or higher.

Overview

snipe/snipe-it is an asset management system built on Laravel.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the asset_id field in the API update process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to assets outside their company scope by supplying a different asset_id without proper re-authorization.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1