Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in snipe-it - #VU145110

 

Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity in snipe-it - #VU145110

Published: August 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU145110
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-178
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to take over another user\'s account.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of case sensitivity in the SAML login username lookup in app/Services/Saml.php when processing a signed SAML assertion and resolving the username against users.username using a collation-folded equality query. A remote user can supply a username that is an accent or case variant of a victim\'s username to take over another user\'s account.

The issue occurs on MySQL or MariaDB installations where the users.username column uses the default utf8mb4_unicode_ci collation, and the same lookup pattern also affected other federated login paths including LDAP, REMOTE_USER, and Google OAuth.


Affected software

snipe-it

Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

snipe-it - update to 8.7.0

External References

Related Security Bulletins