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
Weaknesses CWE-178
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:snipeitapp:snipe-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Snipeitapp
Snipeitapp snipe-it
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': '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-icon MITRE

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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-09T14:17:27.593

Modified: 2026-09-09T20:16:54.383

Link: CVE-2026-86770

cve-icon Redhat

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