What is CVE-2026-44832?

CVE-2026-44832 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grokability Snipe-It, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-26.

How severe is CVE-2026-44832?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Grokability Snipe-It

CVE-2026-44832

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.

Published 2026-05-26 · last modified 2026-07-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (37.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Grokability Snipe-It — versions < 8.4.1
Snipeitapp Snipe-It

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-hq28-crg7-95pr (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/ce18ff669ceb0f0349749fd5d11c1d3d40b10569 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44832?: CVE-2026-44832 is a high-severity vulnerability in Grokability Snipe-It, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2026-44832?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.