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Bitwarden Server CVE-2026-57521

| EUVDEUVD-2026-39542 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-06-25 VulnCheck GHSA-3pr2-gvgh-h5qc
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as any valid Bitwarden user
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate or guess target organizationId values
  3. Exploit
    Send crafted request to PreviewInvoiceController with target organizationId
  4. Execution
    Server bypasses authorization check and proxies Stripe API call
  5. Impact
    Receive Stripe subscription status, tax totals, and billing details for target organization

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

The attacker must possess a valid authenticated session on the target Bitwarden Server instance (PR:L); unauthenticated exploitation is not possible. The attacker must know or enumerate valid organizationId values for target organizations hosted on the same server instance. No organization membership, administrator role, or billing permission is required - the flaw specifically bypasses the ManageOrganizationBillingRequirement that should gate these endpoints. The vulnerability is limited to instances where the PreviewInvoiceController billing endpoints are reachable and where organizations have active Stripe subscriptions (necessary for the Stripe proxy call to return meaningful data). Self-hosted deployments not integrated with Stripe billing would yield no useful data even if the endpoint is reached.

Impact

The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N) establishes a baseline score of 5.3, reflecting network reachability with low privilege requirements and limited confidentiality impact. The attack requires an authenticated session (PR:L), which meaningfully constrains the attacker pool to existing registered users of the Bitwarden instance - reducing risk relative to a fully unauthenticated flaw. No EPSS data was provided in the intelligence package; however, the availability of a public POC blog post (sanjokkarki.com.np) and formal VulnCheck advisory increases the likelihood of exploitation attempts against unpatched deployments. The absence of CISA KEV listing suggests no confirmed widespread active exploitation at time of analysis. Impact is limited to confidentiality of billing metadata (Stripe tax totals, subscription tier, payment status) and does not reach vault contents, credentials, or authentication material - an important scoping distinction for a password manager. For cloud-managed Bitwarden deployments, Bitwarden would have patched server-side infrastructure; residual risk is concentrated in self-hosted Bitwarden Server operators who have not yet upgraded to 2026.5.0.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker holding any valid authenticated session on a self-hosted Bitwarden Server instance - such as a personal account with no organizational affiliation - sends crafted HTTP requests to the PreviewInvoiceController endpoints, substituting the organizationId parameter with identifiers belonging to other organizations on the same server. Because no membership or billing permission check is enforced, the server proxies the request to Stripe and returns subscription status, tax data, and billing details for the target organization. A public proof-of-concept demonstrating this technique is available at https://sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-preview-invoice-idor.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jun 25, 2026

Broken access control in Bitwarden Server before 2026.5.0 exposes organization billing data to any authenticated user via an IDOR vulnerability in the PreviewInvoiceController endpoints. The missing ManageOrganizationBillingRequirement authorization check permits a valid session holder to supply an arbitrary organizationId and retrieve Stripe-derived billing details - including tax totals, subscription status, and customer data - for organizations they do not belong to. A public proof-of-concept exploit exists; no active exploitation has been confirmed by CISA KEV at the time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Bitwarden Server to version 2026.5.0 or later, available at https://github.com/bitwarden/server/releases/tag/v2026.5.0. The underlying fix - adding ManageOrganizationBillingRequirement to the PreviewInvoiceController endpoints - is implemented in PR #7583 and commit 0a3d9f9deb7d407503207b0d0ca8f0165a890bee. Operators who cannot immediately upgrade should consider restricting network-level access to the billing API endpoints at the reverse proxy or firewall layer, ensuring only organization administrators' IP ranges can reach PreviewInvoiceController routes; note this trade-off may disrupt legitimate invoice preview workflows for end users. There are no known configuration-level workarounds that replicate the missing authorization check without upgrading.

Affected VersionsENISA

Server 0 <2026.5.0

Affected Packages

euvd server fix: 2026.5.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Bitwarden Server is the self-hosted and cloud-deployed backend for the Bitwarden password management platform, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:bitwarden:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The vulnerable component is the PreviewInvoiceController, an API endpoint group that generates invoice previews by querying Stripe (the payment processor) using organization-specific customer and subscription identifiers. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the controller accepts a caller-supplied organizationId parameter but performs no membership or permission check - specifically, the ManageOrganizationBillingRequirement policy is absent. This constitutes an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) pattern. Because organizationId values are used directly to proxy Stripe API calls, any valid session token is sufficient to extract billing metadata for any organization hosted on the same Bitwarden Server instance.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network-reachable IDOR requiring only a valid session (PR:L); no integrity or availability impact; confidentiality limited to billing metadata, not vault data.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Bitwarden Server before 2026.5.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to access arbitrary organization billing data by supplying an arbitrary organizationId to the PreviewInvoiceController endpoints without membership or authorization checks. Attackers can exploit the missing ManageOrganizationBillingRequirement on the preview invoice endpoints to retrieve Stripe-computed tax totals, subscription status, and billing details derived from any target organization's real customer and subscription data.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular self-hosted password manager with active enterprise adoption
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment Vendor GitHub

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate

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