6.5Medium
Snipeitapp Snipe-It
CVE-2026-86734
Snipe-IT before 8.7.1 fails to validate the length of the note field in the POST /account/accept/{acceptance} endpoint, allowing authenticated users to submit unbounded input that reaches synchronous CommonMark rendering. Attackers can submit large note values to exhaust PHP worker CPU and cause denial of service through resource exhaustion in the markdown parsing pipeline.
What this means for your business
- It affects Snipeitapp Snipe-It. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Snipeitapp Snipe-It, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- CVSS v4
- 7.1
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Assigned by
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-09-10
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Snipeitapp Snipe-It- 8.7.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.