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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Active

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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No CVSS v2

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Keepass KeePass Password Safe affected
Version Status Constraints
< 2.44 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://keepass.info/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47952 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/keepass-denial-of-service-poc cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-11T20:37:01.939Z

Reserved: 2026-02-10T18:30:18.387Z

Link: CVE-2020-37178

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:10.953

Modified: 2026-02-11T21:16:10.953

Link: CVE-2020-37178

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