CVE-2026-71959
Bitwarden Server < 2026.7.2 Audit Log Injection via POST /collect
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.9
Bitwarden Server < 2026.7.2 Audit Log Injection via POST /collect
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
- Record
CVE-2026-71959- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-55631
6.9
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
- Record
EUVD-2026-55631- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m2wp-hqw2-j56m
6.9
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization...
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
- Record
GHSA-m2wp-hqw2-j56m- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.9
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
- Record
CVE-2026-71959- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
6.9
Bitwarden Server < 2026.7.2 Audit Log Injection via POST /collect
Bitwarden Server before 2026.7.2 does not verify that the caller is a member of the organization identified in a POST /collect request body, allowing any authenticated user to write forged, arbitrarily backdated entries into any organization's audit log.
- Record
CVE-2026-71959- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-71959 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Bitwarden Server, published August 10, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-audit-log-forgery
github.com/bitwarden/server/releases/tag/v2026.7.2
github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/7934
github.com/bitwarden/server/commit/2aa92a3c8675a28e305e8207ff16592227f96291
vulncheck.com/advisories/bitwarden-server-audit-log-injection-via-post-collect
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71959
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2wp-hqw2-j56m
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/71xxx/CVE-2026-71959.json
github.com/bitwarden/server