CVE-2026-43914CWE-307

Vaultwarden: Brute-force protection bypass vulnerability

High · published May 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00492 · 41.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-307 · Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Published
2026-05-11T22:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAY 22:03Z
    Vaultwarden: Brute-force protection bypass vulnerability
    cvelistv5