SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN

Bitwarden Password Manager

Edge extension·by Bitwarden Inc
48
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.

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How it ranks

Bitwarden Password Manager's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
1%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,748 extensions
In Productivity
4%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 7,638 productivity extensions
Findings
243
median 18Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
18
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
2779617
median 105vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 243 distinct issues across 6 severities
243
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 281 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

6 risky permissions of 18 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 18 permissions in total. 6 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps(optional)

Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer

High
Execute scripts in pages

Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High
Auth request provider

Can provide authentication credentials for web requests

High
Control privacy settings(optional)

Can modify browser privacy settings like Do Not Track and safe browsing

Medium
Access current tab

Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension

Medium
Read clipboard

Can read text and data currently on your clipboard

Medium
Write to clipboard

Can place content onto your clipboard

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Unlimited local storage

Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits

Medium
Monitor navigation

Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

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