CVE-2026-57520
Bitwarden Server < 2026.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Bulk User Remove Endpoint
Bitwarden Server before 2026.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated Custom users with ManageUsers permission to remove Admin accounts from an organization by exploiting a missing role hierarchy check in the bulk user-remove endpoint. Attackers can supply Admin organization-user IDs in a bulk DELETE request to bypass the guard enforced on the single-user removal path, effectively removing one or more Admin accounts from an organization.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
bitwarden · serverpublic PoCs found — 1
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https://github.com/bitwarden/server/commit/901bb67157c0f80d369c40b76742fdf7623da4e4https://github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/7526https://github.com/bitwarden/server/releases/tag/v2026.5.0https://sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-bulk-remove-adminhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bitwarden-server-privilege-escalation-via-bulk-user-remove-endpoint