GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.5) CWE-862 vulnerability in snipe/snipe-it. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Snipe-IT API Vulnerable to Cross-Tenant Accessory Injection
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 363,829 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
snipe/snipe-itReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
A cross-tenant data injection vulnerability was identified in the Snipe-IT Accessories API when Full Multiple Companies Support (FMCS) is enabled. A low-privileged authenticated user belonging to one company can create an accessory record under another company by supplying a foreign company_id value in the API request body.
The issue occurs because the API create path mass-assigns request parameters directly to the Accessory model, and the Accessory model allows company_id to be mass assigned. Unlike the web controller, which uses Company::getIdForCurrentUser() to enforce the authenticated user’s company context, the API controller does not apply equivalent tenant enforcement during accessory creation.
As a result, a Company A user can inject persistent accessory records into Company B. The injected records are then visible to Company B users as legitimate Company B inventory records. This breaks the integrity of company-scoped inventory data and represents a tenant isolation failure in the accessory creation flow.
Patches
Patched in https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/dc8cbf4786bb38b260b4ae1723ec9e7f81d82fe5
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | snipe/snipe-it | all versions | 8.6.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for snipe/snipe-it. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update snipe/snipe-it to 8.6.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-pwpj-p52h-q484 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.