CVE-2026-27801 PUBLISHED

Vaultwarden: 2FA Bypass on Protected Actions due to Faulty Rate Limit Enforcement

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 24.02.2026 Published: 04.03.2026 Updated: 05.03.2026

Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. Vaultwarden versions 1.34.3 and prior are susceptible to a 2FA bypass when performing protected actions. An attacker who gains authenticated access to a user’s account can exploit this bypass to perform protected actions such as accessing the user’s API key or deleting the user’s vault and organisations the user is an admin/owner of . This issue has been patched in version 1.35.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6

Product Status

Vendor dani-garcia
Product vaultwarden
Versions
  • Version < 1.35.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-307: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts CWE