CVE-2026-55462 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-863 vulnerability in snipe/snipe-it. A fix is available for snipe/snipe-it — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Snipe-IT: Authorization bypass on print inventory page
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-55462.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2026-55462 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,987 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
An authenticated user with only users.view can open another user's detail page and see assigned license, accessory, and consumable data even though the same account is denied direct access to the Licenses, Accessories, and Consumables modules. The leaked data includes software license names, purchase order/order values, accessory and consumable names, assignment notes, and purchase costs.
Attacker Model
Authenticated user with only:
{"users.view":"1"}
The attacker does not have:
{
"licenses.view": "1",
"accessories.view": "1",
"consumables.view": "1",
"assets.view": "1"
}
Affected Component
-
app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController.php -
resources/views/users/view.blade.php -
resources/views/users/print.blade.php -
Endpoints:
-
GET /users/{user} -
GET /users/{user}/print
-
Root Cause
UsersController::show() authorizes only viewing the user, then loads inventory relationships:
$this->authorize('view', $user);
$user = User::with([
'consumables',
'accessories',
'licenses',
'userloc',
'groups',
])
resources/views/users/view.blade.php renders those relationships without checking the corresponding module permissions. The license table renders name, purchase cost, purchase order, and order number. The accessory and consumable tables render item names, notes, and unit costs.
UsersController::printInventory() similarly authorizes only view on User::class and the target user, then renders resources/views/users/print.blade.php, which outputs assigned inventory names.
Proof of Concept
-
Create a user with only
users.view. -
Create a target user with assigned license/accessory/consumable records containing recognizable test values.
-
Log in as the
users.view-only user. -
Confirm direct module access is denied:
GET /licenses
GET /accessories
GET /consumables
Observed for each:
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
- Request the target user's page:
GET /users/<target-user-id> HTTP/1.1
Host: <snipe-it-host>
Cookie: snipeit_session=<attacker-session>
Observed:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
The response contained assigned inventory data from modules the attacker could not directly access, including license name, purchase order/order values, accessory name/note/cost, and consumable name/note/cost.
- Request the print view:
GET /users/<target-user-id>/print HTTP/1.1
Host: <snipe-it-host>
Cookie: snipeit_session=<attacker-session>
Observed:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
The response contained assigned inventory names.
Evidence
The users.view-only test account was confirmed to lack direct inventory permissions:
{
"has_users_view": true,
"has_licenses_view": false,
"has_accessories_view": false,
"has_consumables_view": false,
"has_assets_view": false
}
Direct access to /licenses, /accessories, and /consumables returned 403 Forbidden.
The same account received 200 OK from /users/<target-user-id> and the response included assigned inventory data that should have been protected by the corresponding inventory module permissions.
Negative Controls
Denied direct module responses did not include the test inventory strings. The same data was only disclosed through the user detail and user print views.
Impact
Organizations may use separate permissions to allow HR/helpdesk-style users to view people records without exposing license, accessory, or consumable inventories and cost/order metadata. This issue bypasses those module-specific permissions and leaks assigned inventory information through the user view.
Patches
Patched in 374f426f0c
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | snipe/snipe-it | all versions | 8.6.1composer require snipe/snipe-it:^8.6.1 |
Affected Products
snipe-itsnipeitappDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for snipe/snipe-it, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update snipe/snipe-it to 8.6.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-55462 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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