What is CVE-2022-3173?

CVE-2022-3173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snipe Snipe/snipe-It, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-09-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-3173?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Snipe Snipe/snipe-It

CVE-2022-3173

Improper Authentication in GitHub repository snipe/snipe-it prior to 6.0.10.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2022-09-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Snipe Snipe/snipe-It — versions unspecified
Snipeitapp Snipe-It

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

huntr.dev/bounties/6d8ffcc6-c6e3-4385-8ead-bdbbbacf79e9 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/snipe/snipe-it/commit/dcab1381e7ee0b7fd1df3a34750dbff4b79185b2 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3173?: CVE-2022-3173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Snipe Snipe/snipe-It, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-3173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.