Medium severity · published Aug 15, 2023
CVE-2023-38840
Bitwarden Desktop 2023.7.0 and below allows an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information via the Bitwarden.exe process
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Bitwarden Desktop 2023.7.0 and below allows an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information via the Bitwarden.exe process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bitwarden · Bitwarden
through 2023.7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38840
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-38840
Patch
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/5813
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/476
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/markuta/bw-dump
Third Party Advisory
https://redmaple.tech/blogs/2023/extract-bitwarden-vault-passwords/
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