CVE•Published 2026-05-01•Modified 2026-05-04•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-42994Bitwarden · Cli
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
14
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 86% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-01
Modified 2026-05-04
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-42994Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Bitwarden Cli" version:"2026.4.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Cli"HTTP body or banner mentions "Cli" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-42994Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-42994Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-42994Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-42994GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-42994" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-42994 on GitHub.