CVE-2023-38840

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Published Aug 15, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Bitwarden Desktop 2023.7.0 and below allows an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information via the Bitwarden.exe process.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitwarden:bitwarden:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-42613	Bitwarden Desktop 2023.7.0 and below allows an attacker with local access to obtain sensitive information via the Bitwarden.exe process.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.516% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/pull/5813
https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/476
https://github.com/markuta/bw-dump
https://redmaple.tech/blogs/2023/extract-bitwarden-vault-passwords/

History

Oct 8, 2024 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Bitwarden Bitwarden

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Oct 8, 2024, 8:45 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 15, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Oct 8, 2024, 8:45 PM
Reserved: Jul 25, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:54 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:54 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 15, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:11 AM

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