CVE-2026-43638

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 61/100
Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: Low
VI: Low
VA: None

Description

Bitwarden Server prior to v2026.4.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to write ciphers into an arbitrary organization via `POST /ciphers/import-organization` by submitting an empty `collections` array, which causes the server-side permission check to be skipped.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
bitwarden server < 2026.4.1

Bug Bounty Relevance

61 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.19%
Raw Score 0.001880
Percentile 8.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00188
2026-10-28
0.00188

Intelligence Sources

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