Security advisory

{
  "id": "da618fbbad77f278f4ad61379a82917121ff467847e5514d8b651f07c6d1c48e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-27706",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-27706",
    "summary": "Bitwarden Windows desktop application versions prior to v2023.4.0 store biometric keys in Windows Credential Manager, accessible to other local unprivileged processes.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-27706",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-27706",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-27706"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bitwarden/clients",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "01e3a32d5098a50c110f599406e116794b0253c8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
                        "fixed": "2023.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:bitwarden:bitwarden:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2023.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "vNext",
            "v1.48.0",
            "v1.47.1",
            "v1.47.0",
            "v1.46.2",
            "v1.46.1",
            "v1.46.0",
            "v1.45.0",
            "v1.44.3",
            "v1.44.2",
            "v1.44.1",
            "v1.44.0",
            "v1.43.4",
            "v1.43.3",
            "v1.43.2",
            "v1.43.1",
            "v1.42.2",
            "v1.41.0",
            "v1.40.1",
            "v1.40.0",
            "v1.39.3",
            "v1.39.2",
            "v1.39.1",
            "v1.39.0",
            "v1.38.0",
            "v1.37.0",
            "v1.36.0",
            "v1.35.2",
            "v1.35.1",
            "v1.35.0",
            "v1.34.0",
            "v1.33.3",
            "v1.33.2",
            "v1.33.1",
            "v1.32.1",
            "v1.32.0",
            "1.31.2",
            "v1.31.0",
            "v1.30.3",
            "v1.30.2",
            "v1.30.1",
            "v1.30.0",
            "v1.29.0",
            "v1.28.0",
            "v1.27.0",
            "v1.26.6",
            "v1.26.5",
            "v1.26.4",
            "v1.26.3",
            "v1.26.2",
            "v1.26.1",
            "v1.26.0",
            "v1.25.7",
            "v1.25.6",
            "v1.25.5",
            "v1.25.4",
            "v1.25.3",
            "v1.25.2",
            "v1.25.1",
            "v1.25.0",
            "v1.24.2",
            "v1.24.1",
            "v1.24.0",
            "v1.23.0",
            "v1.22.0",
            "v1.21.4",
            "v1.21.3",
            "v1.21.2",
            "v1.21.1",
            "v1.21.0",
            "v1.20.1",
            "v1.20.0",
            "v1.19.1",
            "v1.19.0",
            "v1.18.0",
            "v1.17.1",
            "v1.17.0",
            "v1.16.1",
            "v1.15.3",
            "v1.15.1",
            "v1.14.3",
            "v1.14.2",
            "v1.13.5",
            "v1.13.4",
            "v1.12.3",
            "v1.12.2",
            "v1.12.0",
            "v1.11.0",
            "v1.10.0",
            "v1.9.8",
            "v1.8.0",
            "v1.7.0",
            "v1.6.1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.5.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.3.0",
            "v1.2.1",
            "v1.2.0",
            "v1.1.1",
            "v1.1.0",
            "v1.0.1",
            "v1.0.0",
            "v0.0.2",
            "v0.0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-27706.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.158270026Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/blob/8b5a223ad4ca0f89b6c9bcdbddef464d1755d2c0/apps/desktop/desktop_native/src/biometric/windows.rs#L19",
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/blob/8b5a223ad4ca0f89b6c9bcdbddef464d1755d2c0/apps/desktop/desktop_native/src/password/windows.rs#L16",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1874155",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/27xxx/CVE-2023-27706.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27706",
        "https://github.com/bitwarden/clients"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/27xxx/CVE-2023-27706.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-27706",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505624,
  "published_at": "2023-06-09T00:00:00+00:00"
}