Executive brief
Snipe-IT is an open-source asset management system used by organizations to track hardware, components, and consumables. A flaw in its REST API checkout endpoints allows authenticated IT operators to assign live inventory items to deleted users, assets, or locations, creating broken references that corrupt the asset ledger, audit trails, and reporting functionality—undermining the integrity of the system's core business function.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an improper input validation flaw (CWE-20) in three Snipe-IT API checkout endpoints: POST /api/v1/hardware/{id}/checkout, POST /api/v1/components/{id}/checkout, and POST /api/v1/consumables/{id}/checkout. The endpoints use Laravel's withoutGlobalScopes()->find() to resolve target entities (users, assets, locations), which intentionally bypasses the SoftDeletes global scope to provide better error messaging. However, no post-lookup validation of the deleted_at timestamp was implemented, allowing checkout operations to reference soft-deleted targets. The attack requires network access and valid authentication with checkout permissions (low privilege). An attacker can submit POST requests with soft-deleted IDs to create orphaned foreign key references that corrupt the asset assignment ledger and audit trails. The vulnerability was patched in version 8.7.0; versions through 8.6.3 are affected.
Affected products
- Snipe-IT Snipe-IT 8.6.3 and earlier; patched in 8.7.0
Timeline
- 2026-08-24: disclosed: GitHub security advisory GHSA-qffp-xpqv-gqr4 published
- 2026-09-09: patched: Version 8.7.0 released with fix