CVE•Published 2026-05-26•Modified 2026-05-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-44832Snipeitapp · Snipe-it
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Description
Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.4.1, aAn authenticated user with only users.edit permission can escalate their own privileges to admin by sending a PATCH request to /api/v1/users/{id} with permissions[admin]=1. The API controller only strips the superuser key from the permissions array, allowing admin and all other permission keys to be set by any user who can update users. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.1.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-26
Modified 2026-05-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-44832Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Snipeitapp Snipe-it"All exposed Snipeitapp Snipe-it instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Snipe-it"HTTP body or banner mentions "Snipe-it" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-44832Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-44832Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-44832Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-44832GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-44832" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.