# CVE-2026-43914: Vaultwarden: Brute-force protection bypass vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.35.4
- Published: 2026-05-11 · Updated: 2026-05-12

## Affected

- dani-garcia vaultwarden: fixed in 1.35.4

## Description

Vaultwarden is a Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Prior to 1.35.4, there is a security vulnerability in Vaultwarden that allows bypassing the login brute-force protection if email 2fa is enabled. If email 2fa is enabled, the unprotected 2fa-function send_email_login (email.rs, api endpoint /api/two-factor/send-email-login) also acts as an oracle determining whether a username-password combination is correct. An attacker can abuse that endpoint to brute-force passwords without rate-limiting. This works even for users who don't have email 2fa configured. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.35.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on dani-garcia vaultwarden, upgrade to a fixed version (1.35.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-c5rv-q295-7w4g
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/pull/6867
- https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/releases/tag/1.35.4
- https://github.com/Boreas37/CVE-2026-43914-PoC

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