CVE-2023-27706

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Bitwarden Windows desktop application versions prior to v2023.4.0 store biometric keys in Windows Credential Manager, accessible to other local unprivileged processes.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-05 CVE Reserved
2023-06-09 CVE Published
2025-01-06 CVE Updated
2025-01-06 First Exploit
2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients	Product
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/blob/8b5a223ad4ca0f89b6c9bcdbddef464d1755d2c0/apps/desktop/desktop_native/src/biometric/windows.rs#L19	Product
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/blob/8b5a223ad4ca0f89b6c9bcdbddef464d1755d2c0/apps/desktop/desktop_native/src/password/windows.rs#L16	Product

URL	Date	SRC
https://hackerone.com/reports/1874155	2025-01-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bitwarden Search vendor "Bitwarden"		Bitwarden Search vendor "Bitwarden" for product "Bitwarden"				< 2023.4.0 Search vendor "Bitwarden" for product "Bitwarden" and version " < 2023.4.0"		desktop		Affected