Vaultwarden commit introduces SSO using OpenID Connect

42 speckx 9 8/15/2025, 12:31:54 PM github.com ↗

Comments (9)

andix · 32m ago
A password manager is the one thing I'm very skeptical to use SSO for.
vasco · 1m ago
So you're going to play IT and duplicate all the groups and all the roles manually that already are maintained and automated for on/off-boarding? And not have them be auto-offboarded when they are let go? That introduces compliance risks and imo more problems than having SSO on your password manager. Yes, keep some master password for a rainy day but otherwise, the more "dangerous" the thing the more it should be hooked up to SSO.
cromka · 54m ago
I selfhost vaultwarden for my use only. Can someone please explain it like I am 5 what's the use case of this new feature? Is it to log in to vaultwarden using an OpenID?
the_gastropod · 48m ago
Yep, exactly. I selfhost Vaultwarden and a bunch of other apps that my family also use. So I run Authentik, which lets them only have to worry about remembering one login, and they then have a little dashboard of all our apps, and can click to login to whatever they want. It's a pretty decent little system, and I'm happy I can now add Vaultwarden to it.

The bigger your users x applications number, the bigger the benefit. It make user management easy (e.g., you only have to manage users in one place instead of N)

simcop2387 · 32m ago
Same usecase for myself too. One of the biggest advantages for me is that it lets me setup a single and easily tested place for the users to reset passwords from too for when they inevitably forget or lose the post-it note. That, along with me using all the apps and not wanting to have to change 30 passwords for everything when something happens too.

I went a bit more complicated myself with Keycloak instead of Authentik, simply because I knew keycloak a little better but setting up SSO for all the stuff I run has definitely been worth it.

razighter777 · 34m ago
Fantastic! I really love vaultwarden and was looking forward to this. I have no reason to run SSO in my 3 user homelab but it makes me happygood work.
Valodim · 25m ago
So what is the point of this, if the user still needs a master password?
cephi · 9m ago
Access control -- can make it easy to add/sync users in Authentik using one username
maxvisser · 11m ago
Maybe if you deactiveer a users entra id that he cant access its vaultwarden vault anymore.