CVE-2026-71959
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-10 14:17:26.870000
Last modified
2026-10-24 15:10:00.190000
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"id": "CVE-2026-71959",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-10T14:17:26.870",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T15:10:00.190",
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"value": "El servidor de Bitwarden anterior a 2026.7.2 no verifica que el llamante sea miembro de la organización identificada en el cuerpo de una solicitud POST /collect, permitiendo que cualquier usuario autenticado escriba entradas falsificadas y con fecha arbitrariamente anterior en el registro de auditoría de cualquier organización."
}
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"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/bitwarden/server/commit/2aa92a3c8675a28e305e8207ff16592227f96291",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/7934",
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"url": "https://github.com/bitwarden/server/releases/tag/v2026.7.2",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-audit-log-forgery",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bitwarden-server-audit-log-injection-via-post-collect",
"source": "[email protected]"
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}