Vulnerability CVE-2023-27706


Published: 2023-06-09

Description:
Bitwarden Desktop v1.20.0 and above stores the biometric key in plaintext which allows a local attacker to decrypt the entire local vault.

 References:
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/blob/8b5a223ad4ca0f89b6c9bcdbddef464d1755d2c0/apps/desktop/desktop_native/src/password/windows.rs#L16
https://hackerone.com/reports/1874155
https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/blob/8b5a223ad4ca0f89b6c9bcdbddef464d1755d2c0/apps/desktop/desktop_native/src/biometric/windows.rs#L19

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