# CVE-2026-55474: Snipe-IT: Directory traversal in displaySig

- Also known as: GHSA-C6F4-WJ38-M3G3
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.5.0
- Published: 2026-07-10 · Updated: 2026-07-10

## Affected

- grokability snipe-it: fixed in 8.5.0
- snipe/snipe-it (Packagist): fixed in 8.5.0

## Description

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. Prior to 8.5.0, ActionlogController::displaySig concatenates the route filename parameter into a private upload-directory path without sanitization, allowing an authenticated attacker to traverse outside the intended directory and read arbitrary files accessible to the web server process. This issue is fixed in version 8.5.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grokability snipe-it, snipe/snipe-it, upgrade to a fixed version (8.5.0) per the references below.
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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-c6f4-wj38-m3g3
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/pull/18927
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/cd69a7ea53e030e6e05f08be18daac672c8c4121
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.5.0

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