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.
Fix
Public exploits 1
- Boreas37/CVE-2026-43914-PoC PoC on GitHub
Each line links to the index that lists it, never to exploit code. Exploit-DB's "verified" and a Metasploit rank of good or better count as verified; a PoC-in-GitHub entry is a repository's claim.
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/pull/6867 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-c5rv-q295-7w4g Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-c5rv-q295-7w4g Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.8 · dani-garciaNVD modified 2026-10-26 18:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:dani-garcia:vaultwarden:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/pull/6867 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/releases/tag/1.35.4 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-c5rv-q295-7w4g Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-c5rv-q295-7w4g Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory