Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. Prior to version 1.35.4, an authenticated regular user can specify another user’s cipher_id and call "PUT /api/ciphers/{id}/partial" Even though the standard retrieval API correctly denies access to that cipher, the partial update endpoint returns 200 OK and exposes cipherDetails (including name, notes, data, secureNote, etc.). This issue has been patched in version 1.35.4.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w9f8-m526-h7fh Vaultwarden has Unauthorized Access via Partial Update API on Another User’s Cipher
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History

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dani-garcia:vaultwarden:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 05 Mar 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Dani-garcia
Dani-garcia vaultwarden
Vendors & Products Dani-garcia
Dani-garcia vaultwarden

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Description Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. Prior to version 1.35.4, an authenticated regular user can specify another user’s cipher_id and call "PUT /api/ciphers/{id}/partial" Even though the standard retrieval API correctly denies access to that cipher, the partial update endpoint returns 200 OK and exposes cipherDetails (including name, notes, data, secureNote, etc.). This issue has been patched in version 1.35.4.
Title Vaultwarden: Unauthorized Access via Partial Update API on Another User’s Cipher
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-05T15:42:31.635Z

Reserved: 2026-02-24T15:19:29.717Z

Link: CVE-2026-27898

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-05T15:29:19.983Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-04T22:16:18.373

Modified: 2026-03-06T19:45:12.067

Link: CVE-2026-27898

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-04T21:44:45Z

Links: CVE-2026-27898 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-05T09:05:43Z

Weaknesses