Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-32784
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the keepass2 package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 4.4% (higher than 91% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | keepass2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Debian:13 | keepass2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Debian:14 | keepass2 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | keepass2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | keepass2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | keepass2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | keepass2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32784 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | keepass2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32784 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-319 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N