Grokability Snipe-IT up to 8.6.x Backup Restore /admin/backups/upload clean os command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Grokability Snipe-IT up to 8.6.x. This impacts an unknown function of the file /admin/backups/upload of the component Backup Restore. Executing a manipulation of the argument clean can lead to os command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-86733. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Grokability Snipe-IT up to 8.6.x and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file /admin/backups/upload of the component Backup Restore. The manipulation of the argument clean with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 streams the SQL entry from an uploaded backup archive directly into the MySQL/MariaDB command-line client (`mysql`) without the --binary-mode flag, so the client interprets lines beginning with backslash commands such as `\!` as local shell commands. An authenticated superadministrator who uploads a crafted ZIP backup (POST /admin/backups/upload) and triggers a restore (POST /admin/backups/restore/{filename}) without the optional `clean` sanitizer parameter — which is not applied by default because DB_SANITIZE_BY_DEFAULT is false — can execute arbitrary OS commands as the web application's operating-system user, exposing application secrets (including database credentials and APP_KEY) and allowing modification of application-writable files and data. Version 8.7.0 adds the --binary-mode flag to the client invocation.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-86733 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

Upgrading to version 8.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Grokability

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• Snipe-IT

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• 8.0
• 8.1
• 8.2
• 8.3
• 8.4
• 8.5
• 8.6

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• Product: https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/

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