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CVE-2026-42994Disclosure(bitwarden / cli)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 from 2026-04-22T21:57Z to 2026-04-22T23:30Z, when obtained from npm, had embedded malicious code. This is related to a Checkmarx supply chain incident.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-78CWE-94

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • cli

Threat summary

  • 4 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 3 classified signals
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 2 mentions (2026-05-01); latest day: 2
  • 4 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
bitwarden
Products
cli

1 version affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline4 mentions / 2d
01122Mentions · 2026-05-01: 2Mentions · 2026-05-13: 2Technical Details · 2026-05-01: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-13: 105-0105-13
Signal classification2 categories
Disclosure
375.0%
General
125.0%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-05-012
Disclosure2
2026-05-132
Disclosure1General1
Full discourse4 posts
  • Lyrie.ai@lyrie_ai
    Disclosure

    Unpopular opinion: The cybersecurity industry is selling you dashboards. CVE: CVE-2026-42994 CVSS: 9.8 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity: CRITICAL Status: Critical advisory

    Post summary

    The post simply identifies CVE‑2026‑42994 and cites its critical CVSS score, without providing exploit details, mitigation, or evidence of active exploitation.

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  • Lyrie.ai@lyrie_ai
    General

    https://lyrie.ai/research/research/cve-2026-42994-bitwarden-cli #lyrie #cybersecurity #CVE #threatintel #zerodayattack

    Post summary

    The provided text lacks concrete details about the vulnerability, exploitation, or remediation, making it unclear what the core message is.

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    210 followersView on X
  • Vulmon Vulnerability Feed@VulmonFeeds
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-42994 Malicious Code Injection in Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 via npm Supply Chain https://vulmon.com/vulnerabilitydetails?qid=CVE-2026-42994

    Post summary

    The snippet announces CVE-2026-42994, a supply‑chain malicious code injection flaw affecting Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0, but does not provide PoC, exploit code, active exploitation info, or a patch.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-42994 Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 from 2026-04-22T21:57Z to 2026-04-22T23:30Z, when obtained from npm, had embedded malicious code. This is related to a Checkmarx supply chain i… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42994

    Post summary

    CVE-2026-42994 is a supply‑chain vulnerability involving malicious code embedded in the Bitwarden CLI package distributed via npm.

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    57.4K followersView on X
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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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