CVE-2026-86738
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CVE-2026-86738 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.7/10 on the CVSS scale. Snipe-IT versions before 8.7.0 contain a CSS injection vulnerability in the Custom CSS field due to incomplete sanitization that reverses HTML encoding on greater-than and double-quote characters. Superusers can plant malicious CSS payloads using @import and url() references to exfiltrate CSRF tokens from other superusers via attribute-selector rules, enabling account takeover..
Description
Snipe-IT versions before 8.7.0 contain a CSS injection vulnerability in the Custom CSS field due to incomplete sanitization that reverses HTML encoding on greater-than and double-quote characters. Superusers can plant malicious CSS payloads using @import and url() references to exfiltrate CSRF tokens from other superusers via attribute-selector rules, enabling account takeover.
Metrics
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Snipeitapp | Snipe-It | >= 3.0.0, < 8.7.0 |
References
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-pvcw-mp8q-mj39Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-before-8.7.0-css-injection-via-custom-cssPatch, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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