CVE-2026-48493

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 92% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. In versions prior to 8.6.0, a user with only users.edit can send a PATCH to /api/v1/users/{their_own_id} and grant themselves any permission except admin and superuser — for example assets.view, assets.create, reports.view, import, etc. The issue is patched in version 8.6.0.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EPSS
7.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 23, 2026

Last Modified

June 26, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 24, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github.
github Patch Available

Privilege Escalation for self via API Permissions Assignment in v8.5.0 · Advisory · grokability/snipe-it · GitHub

https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-52fw-7fw2-fmv5
github_pr Patch Available

Tighten permission changes and UI, fixed #18831

Patch available: grokability/snipe-it v8.6.0 (PR #19024 merged 2026-05-13)

https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/pull/19024

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-48493(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-48493?
CVE-2026-48493 is a medium vulnerability published on June 23, 2026. Snipe-IT is an IT asset/license management system. In versions prior to 8.6.0, a user with only users.edit can send a PATCH to /api/v1/users/{theirownid} and grant themselves any permission except admin and superuser — for example assets.view, assets.create, reports.view, import, etc. The issue is…
When was CVE-2026-48493 disclosed?
CVE-2026-48493 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 23, 2026, with the most recent update on June 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-48493 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-48493 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-48493?
CVE-2026-48493 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-48493?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-48493, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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