Is CVE-2026-48493 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-48493?

CVE-2026-48493 has a CVSS v3 severity of MEDIUM (5.5).

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CVE-2026-48493

Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. In versions prior to 8.6.0, a user with only users.edit can send a PATCH to /api/v1/users/{their_own_id} and grant themselves any permission except admin and superuser — for example `assets.view`, `assets.create`, `reports.view`, import, etc. The issue is patched in version 8.6.0.