CVE-2026-43914
HIGHVaultwarden: Brute-force protection bypass vulnerability
Title source: cnaDescription
Vaultwarden is a Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Prior to 1.35.4, there is a security vulnerability in Vaultwarden that allows bypassing the login brute-force protection if email 2fa is enabled. If email 2fa is enabled, the unprotected 2fa-function send_email_login (email.rs, api endpoint /api/two-factor/send-email-login) also acts as an oracle determining whether a username-password combination is correct. An attacker can abuse that endpoint to brute-force passwords without rate-limiting. This works even for users who don't have email 2fa configured. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.4.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/releases/tag/1.35.4
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-c5rv-q295-7w4g
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/pull/6867
Scores
CVSS v3
7.3
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
20.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-307
Status
published
Products (1)
dani-garcia/vaultwarden
< 1.35.4 (2 CPE variants)
Published
May 11, 2026
Tracked Since
May 12, 2026