CVE-2026-86766
CVE-2026-86766 — Snipe-IT 8.6.3 Race Condition via Consumable Checkout
Snipe-IT versions up to and including 8.6.3 contain a race condition (TOCTOU) in the consumable checkout API endpoint (POST /api/v1/consumables/{consumable_id}/checkout). The requested quantity is validated against the number of remaining units before the database transaction begins, and the transaction then creates the checkout records without locking the consumable row or re-checking availability. An authenticated user with permission to check out consumables can submit concurrent checkout requests for the same consumable so that both requests pass the availability check and succeed, over-allocating stock and driving the remaining inventory negative (e.g., a consumable with 1 remaining unit ends at -1 after two concurrent 1-unit checkouts). The issue is fixed in 8.7.0, which re-fetches the parent row under lockForUpdate inside the transaction and re-validates availability.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, grokability (CNA), GitHub, GitHub Security Advisory, SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
ahead of 0% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
6.5
medium · 2 sources
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
PoC
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade snipe-it to a fixed release (8.7.0). Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| grokability | snipe-it | 8.6.3 to < 8.7.0 | Vulnerable |
| grokability | snipe-it | 8.7.0 | Patched |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Availability
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
Low
User Interaction
None
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | CVSS 3.1 | medium | 2.8 | 3.6 | VulnCheck (CNA), grokability (CNA), GHSA |
| 7.1 | CVSS 4.0 | high | — | — | grokability (CNA) |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
- DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
- DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory)
- DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)
- DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Mitigation: In languages that support it, use synchronization primitives. Only wrap these around critical code to minimize the impact on performance.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-362Race Condition
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /api/v1/consumables/, /checkout).
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable snipe-it.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 6.5 (AV:N)
Sep 9, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Sep 9, 2026 · NVD
Added · GHSA-463q-rqpx-h2jj published (high)
Sep 9, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisory
CVE published by MITRE.
Sep 9, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
5 on the record
- github.com/grokability/snipe-it/commit/f71806b1e0efbd3bc2b6be61994ad2a5d5d6c206
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/grokability/snipe-it/security/advisories/GHSA-x4g2-87xc-m5jm
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-8.6.3-race-condition-via-consumable-checkout
Vendor Advisory, Mitre
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86766
NVD
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-463q-rqpx-h2jj
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Elsewhere on this site
- grokabilityevery CVE for this vendor
- Race Conditionsame class
- CWE-362other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-86766 is Snipe-IT 8.6.3 Race Condition via Consumable Checkout, a medium vulnerability affecting snipe-it from grokability. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-86766. Public exploit evidence is: A public PoC is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-86766. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 6.5 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.