CVE-2023-32784 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In KeePass 2.x before 2.54, it is possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running. The memory dump can be a KeePass process dump, swap file (pagefile.sys), hibernation file (hiberfil.sys), or RAM dump of the entire system. The first character cannot be recovered. In 2.54, there is different API usage and/or random string insertion for mitigation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.75503.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:keepass:keepass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Keepass Subscribe	Keepass Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/discussions/9433
https://github.com/vdohney/keepass-password-dumper
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/f3438e6283/

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.75503}`	epss `{'score': 0.75846}`

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-23T19:29:40.475Z

Reserved: 2023-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-32784

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:25:37.054Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-15T06:15:10.427

Modified: 2025-01-23T20:15:30.320

Link: CVE-2023-32784

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-319

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