Bitwarden Server < 2026.7.2 Audit Log Injection via POST /collect
Priority LOW 37CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00476 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed server (bitwarden): 2026.7.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA server (bitwarden) Fixed in 2026.7.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-71959
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2wp-hqw2-j56m
References
More bitwarden vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42828 Bitwarden Server < 2026.6.0 Authorization Bypass via Admin Auth Request CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-31741 Bitwarden Server < 2026.4.0 Missing Authorization via Provider Clients CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
- TI-2026-31742 Bitwarden Server < 2026.4.1 Authentication Bypass via SCIM API Key CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-65186 Bitwarden Server 2025.6.0 < 2025.6.0 Authentication Bypass via SSO Identifier Truncation CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
- TI-2023-12564 Bitwarden through 2023.2.1 offers password auto-fill when the second-level domain… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-12369 Bitwarden Windows desktop application versions prior to v2023.4.0 store biometric keys in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-71959 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-71959 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m2wp-hqw2-j56m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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