Bitwarden Server < 2026.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Bulk User Remove Endpoint

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    "title": "Bitwarden Server < 2026.5.0 Privilege Escalation via Bulk User Remove Endpoint",
    "summary": "Bitwarden Server before 2026.5.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated Custom users with ManageUsers permission to remove Admin accounts from an organization by exploiting a missing role hierarchy check in the bulk user-remove endpoint. Attackers can supply Admin organization-user IDs in a bulk DELETE request to bypass the guard enforced on the single-user removal path, effectively removing one or more Admin accounts from an organization.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:44.320882865Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/57xxx/CVE-2026-57520.json",
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/server/releases/tag/v2026.5.0",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57520",
        "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bitwarden-server-privilege-escalation-via-bulk-user-remove-endpoint",
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/7526",
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/server/commit/901bb67157c0f80d369c40b76742fdf7623da4e4",
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/server",
        "https://sanjokkarki.com.np/blog/bitwarden-bulk-remove-admin"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2026-06-25T19:08:41.189+00:00"
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