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TI-2019-09089 Aliases CVE-2019-12171GHSA-8cqx-ghph-934c

Dropbox.exe (and QtWebEngineProcess.exe in the Web Helper) in the Dropbox desktop…

Priority LOW 36CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

Dropbox.exe (and QtWebEngineProcess.exe in the Web Helper) in the Dropbox desktop application 71.4.108.0 store cleartext credentials in memory upon successful login or new account creation. These are not securely freed in the running process.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0092 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:dropbox:71.4.108.0:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:*71.4.108.0Vulnerabledropbox
  • cpe:2.3:a:dropbox:dropbox:71.4.108.0:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:* Versions 71.4.108.0 Vulnerable ·dropbox

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12171
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8cqx-ghph-934c

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2010-03202 dropboxd in Dropbox 0.7.110 places a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2018-08804 An issue was discovered in the com.getdropbox.Dropbox app 100.2 for iOS. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2018-08935 An issue was discovered in the com.dropbox.android application 98.2.2 for Android. CVSS 3.0LOW 3.6
  • TI-2018-08934 An issue was discovered in the com.dropbox.android application 98.2.2 for Android. CVSS 3.0LOW 3.1

Sources

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