# CVE-2024-55225: Vaultwarden vulnerable to user impersonation

> Attackers can impersonate users, including Administrators, via crafted authorization requests in Vaultwarden, requiring an upgrade to secure the system.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x7m9-mv49-fv73, MINI-92pm-w9c6-vfjj

## What is CVE-2024-55225?

CVE-2024-55225 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue in the component src/api/identity.rs of Vaultwarden prior to v1.32.5 allows attackers to impersonate users, including Administrators, via a crafted authorization request.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55225?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including vaultwarden. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `vaultwarden` | crates.io | All versions | 1.32.5 |
| `vaultwarden` | crates.io | All versions | 1.32.5 |

Products: Dani-Garcia Vaultwarden.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-55225?

Upgrade vaultwarden to 1.32.5 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-55225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-55224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55224/): Vaultwarden HTML injection vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-39924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39924/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-43912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43912/): Vaultwarden: Cross-Org Group Binding Enables Unauthorized Read And Write Access Into Another Organization (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-27802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27802/): Vaultwarden: Privilege Escalation via Bulk Permission Update to Unauthorized Collections by Manager (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2026-27803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-27803/): Vaultwarden: Collection Management Operations Allowed Without `manage` Verification for Manager Role (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-55225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-55225 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-55225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- vaultwarden (crates.io): affected all versions; fixed in 1.32.5
- vaultwarden (crates.io): affected all versions; fixed in 1.32.5

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-55225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.