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TI-2020-19313 Aliases CVE-2020-37178GHSA-r2ww-vx8x-gqmg

KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

KeePass Password Safe versions before 2.44 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the help system's HTML handling. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by dragging and dropping malicious HTML files into the help area, potentially causing application instability or crash.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00336 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed KeePass Password Safe (Keepass): 2.44

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
KeePassKeePass Password Safebefore 2.442.44Patch availableCNA
  • KeePass Password Safe VendorKeePass Affected before 2.44 Fixed in 2.44 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA KeePass Password Safe (Keepass) Fixed in 2.44

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-37178
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2ww-vx8x-gqmg

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • TI-2023-16037 In KeePass 2.x before 2.54, it is possible to recover the cleartext master password from… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-59333 KeePass 2.35 through 2.61.1 Memory Exhaustion via KDBX Header Field Size CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2022-00638 Information disclosure in keepass CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-14558 KeePass 2.4.1 allows CSV injection in the title field of a CSV export. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2016-04425 The automatic update feature in KeePass 2.33 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2017-14405 The entry details view function in KeePass version 1.32 inadvertently decrypts certain… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
See all 9 →

Sources

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