Bitwarden Server < 2026.6.0 Authorization Bypass via Admin Auth Request
48Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 9.3epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 87% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Bitwarden Server before 2026.6.0 does not verify that the email in a POST /auth-requests/admin-request body belongs to the authenticated caller, allowing a low-privileged organization member to obtain another user's vault key and a victim-scoped access token by creating a Trusted Device Encryption authentication request, bound to an attacker-controlled public key, that is readable from an unauthenticated endpoint once approved resulting in disclosure of the victim's vault key and account takeover.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N
Affected products
bitwarden · serverpublic PoCs found — 1
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References
https://github.com/bitwarden/server/commit/dcf4c486b2b5bedecc03a48b427243328cc74a9ahttps://github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/7615https://github.com/bitwarden/server/releases#release-v2026.6.0https://sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-vault-key-heisthttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bitwarden-server-authorization-bypass-via-admin-auth-request