CVE-2026-86770
highSnipe-IT before 8.7.0 fails to validate username case sensitivity during SAML authentication, allowing attackers to authenticate as different users by register…
Vendor / product: Snipeitapp — snipe-it
Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 fails to validate username case sensitivity during SAML authentication, allowing attackers to authenticate as different users by registering IdP accounts with accent or case variants of victim usernames. Attackers can exploit the default utf8mb4_unicode_ci database collation to bypass username matching and achieve account takeover through federated login paths including SAML, LDAP, and OAuth.
CVSS
8.1
8.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-09 14:17
Modified: 2026-09-16 20:28
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
snipeitapp / snipe-it <8.7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-w3vv-5wxh-xg4h disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-before-8.7.0-authentication-bypass-via-saml-... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-w3vv-5wxh-xg4h 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗