Privilege escalation allows organization groups to be updated/deleted if their UUID is known in vaultwarden
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation, Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269 and CWE-284.
Summary
vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. In affected versions an attacker is capable of updating or deleting groups from an organization given a few conditions: 1. The attacker has a user account in the server. 2. The attacker's account has admin or owner permissions in an unrelated organization. 3. The attacker knows the target organization's UUID and the target group's UUID. Note that this vulnerability is related to group functionality and as such is only applicable for servers who have enabled the `ORG_GROUPS_ENABLED` setting, which is disabled by default. This attack can lead to different situations: 1. Denial of service, the attacker can limit users from accessing the organization's data by removing their membership from the group. 2. Privilege escalation, if the attacker is part of the victim organization, they can escalate their own privileges by joining a group they wouldn't normally have access to. For attackers that aren't part of the organization, this shouldn't lead to any possible plain-text data exfiltration as all the data is encrypted client side. This vulnerability is patched in Vaultwarden `1.32.7`, and users are recommended to update as soon as possible. If it's not possible to update to `1.32.7`, some possible workarounds are: 1. Disabling `ORG_GROUPS_ENABLED`, which would disable groups functionality on the server. 2. Disabling `SIGNUPS_ALLOWED`, which would not allow an attacker to create new accounts on the server.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dani-garcia | vaultwarden | before 1.32.7 | 1.32.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- vaultwarden Vendordani-garcia Affected before 1.32.7 Fixed in 1.32.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:dani-garcia:vaultwarden:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.32.7 | Vulnerable | dani-garcia |
- cpe:2.3:a:dani-garcia:vaultwarden:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.32.7 Vulnerable ·dani-garcia
Remediation
- Fix · CNA vaultwarden (dani-garcia) Fixed in 1.32.7
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-56335
References
More dani-garcia Vaultwarden vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-31977 Vaultwarden: Brute-force protection bypass vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-31975 Vaultwarden: Cross-Org Group Binding Enables Unauthorized Read And Write Access Into Another Organization CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-31974 Vaultwarden: Refresh tokens not invalidated on security stamp rotation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-18108 vaultwarden allows escalation of privilege via variable confusion in OrgHeaders trait CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-18107 vaultwarden allows RCE in the admin panel CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-22155 Vaultwarden: 2FA Bypass on Protected Actions due to Faulty Rate Limit Enforcement CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-56335 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-56335 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- CVE-2024-56335 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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