CVE-2026-57520

Bitwarden Server < 2026.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Bulk User Remove Endpoint

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2026 at 07:08 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorServer

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Bitwarden Server before 2026.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated Custom users with ManageUsers permission to remove Admin accounts from an organization by exploiting a missing role hierarchy check in the bulk user-remove endpoint. Attackers can supply Admin organization-user IDs in a bulk DELETE request to bypass the guard enforced on the single-user removal path, effectively removing one or more Admin accounts from an organization.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2026.5.0
Affected range stops below 2026.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHVulnCheck
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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