Snipe-IT has incorrect permission for legacy license checkin API — GHSA-8FRH-VHGH-64CF

Summary

### Impact The legacy single-seat license checkin flow authorizes the action with the `checkout` permission instead of the `checkin` permission. Because of this, a user who is allowed to assign licenses but not unassign them can still directly access the old checkin endpoint and reclaim a license seat that is currently assigned to another user or asset.

Timeline

Published by source

2026-08-28

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: medium.
• Reported CVSS score: 5.3 out of 10.
• Reported EPSS value: 0.00325.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: composer: snipe/snipe-it.

Product

composer: snipe/snipe-it

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-8FRH-VHGH-64CF

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-08-28

Last source activity

2026-08-28

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-55479

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

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