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CVE-2023-38840 — Bitwarden Desktop 2023

Bitwarden Desktop 2023.7.0 and below allows an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information via the Bitwarden.exe process.

CVSS

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EPSS

2.65% (top 14.40%)

CWE

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Published

2023-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Last modified

2024-10-08T20:45:54.103Z

CVSS vector

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01What is this vulnerability?

Bitwarden Desktop 2023.7.0 and below allows an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information via the Bitwarden.exe process.

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Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

Open the Sigma generator with a pre-filled prompt for this CVE to draft a starting detection in your stack of choice:

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

redmaple.tech — https://redmaple.tech/blogs/2023/extract-bitwarden-vault-passwords/
github.com — https://github.com/markuta/bw-dump
github.com — https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/476
github.com — https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/5813

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