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.
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Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:45:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Snipe-IT before 8.7.0 Authentication Bypass via SAML Username Collation | |
| First Time appeared |
Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-178 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-09-09T13:32:27.262Z
Updated: 2026-09-09T13:32:27.262Z
Reserved: 2026-09-08T11:35:02.617Z
Link: CVE-2026-86770
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-09T14:17:27.593
Modified: 2026-09-09T20:16:54.383
Link: CVE-2026-86770
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