CVE-2025-24365
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in vaultwarden allows an attacker who is an owner/admin of one organization to gain owner rights over another organization by knowing the victim organization's ID. This affects vaultwarden instances with multiple organizations where users can create their own organizations. The vulnerability requires the attacker to have some existing organizational privileges.
💻 Affected Systems
- vaultwarden
📦 What is this software?
Vaultwarden by Dani Garcia
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
An attacker gains full administrative control over another organization, potentially accessing all passwords, secure notes, and sensitive data belonging to that organization's members.
Likely Case
An attacker with malicious intent who is part of multiple organizations escalates privileges to steal credentials or sensitive data from a target organization.
If Mitigated
With proper access controls and monitoring, unauthorized privilege escalation attempts are detected and prevented before data exfiltration occurs.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated access as organization owner/admin and knowledge of target organization ID.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.33.0
Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/security/advisories/GHSA-j4h8-vch3-f797
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Backup your vaultwarden data. 2. Update to version 1.33.0 or later using your deployment method (Docker, manual install, etc.). 3. Verify the update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Restrict Organization Creation
allTemporarily disable new organization creation to limit attack surface
Set SIGNUPS_ALLOWED=false and INVITATIONS_ALLOWED=false in environment/config
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict access monitoring for organization ownership changes
- Regularly audit organization memberships and owner privileges
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if vaultwarden version is below 1.33.0Check Version:
docker exec vaultwarden /vaultwarden --version or check web admin panelVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm version is 1.33.0 or higher and test organization privilege boundaries📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unexpected organization ownership changes
- Multiple organization access attempts from single user
Network Indicators:
- Unusual API calls to organization management endpoints
SIEM Query:
vaultwarden AND (organization_owner_changed OR organization_admin_granted)