Description
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.
Problem types
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Product status
Any version before 2026.6.0
Credits
Sanjok Karki
References
sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-vault-key-heist (Researcher Disclosure)
github.com/bitwarden/server/releases (Release Notes)
github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/7615 (Fix PR)
github.com/...ommit/dcf4c486b2b5bedecc03a48b427243328cc74a9a (Fix Commit)
www.vulncheck.com/...orization-bypass-via-admin-auth-request