# CVE-2026-60104: Bitwarden Server < 2026.6.0 Authorization Bypass via Admin Auth Request

> Low-privileged users can bypass authorization to steal vault keys and access tokens, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5g65-rmxf-rgj6

## What is CVE-2026-60104?

CVE-2026-60104 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in bitwarden server, published on 8 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Bitwarden Server before 2026.6.0 does not verify that the email in a POST /auth-requests/admin-request body belongs to the authenticated caller, allowing a low-privileged organization member to obtain another user's vault key and a victim-scoped access token by creating a Trusted Device Encryption authentication request, bound to an attacker-controlled public key, that is readable from an unauthenticated endpoint once approved resulting in disclosure of the victim's vault key and account takeover.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-60104?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bitwarden Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-60104?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-60104 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-60104 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-60104 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in bitwarden server

- [CVE-2026-43639](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43639/): Bitwarden Server < 2026.4.0 Missing Authorization via Provider Clients (high 8.9)
- [CVE-2026-43640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-43640/): Bitwarden Server < 2026.4.1 Authentication Bypass via SCIM API Key (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2020-15879](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15879/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-19766](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19766/): Weak cryptography in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-57520](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-57520/): Bitwarden Server < 2026.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Bulk User Remove Endpoint (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-60104 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-60104 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in bitwarden server, published on 8 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-60104 exists.

Affected product: bitwarden server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

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-2026-60104/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60104/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-60104
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60104
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-60104

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-60104/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.