KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)
Published Feb 11, 2026
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.30%
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.
Affected products
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- Version < 2.44StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Keepass | KeePass Password Safe | n/a |
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Remediation
Red Hat statement
IMPORTANT: KeePass is vulnerable to a denial of service due to improper handling of HTML content within its help system. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into dragging and dropping a specially crafted malicious HTML file into the application's help area, leading to application instability or a crash. This affects KeePass installations in Red Hat Community Projects.
Red Hat mitigation
Users should avoid dragging and dropping untrusted HTML files into the KeePass help system to prevent triggering the denial of service vulnerability.
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-37178 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439128 Issue Tracking
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-31208 Advisory
- https://keepass.info/ product
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37178
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37178
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47952 exploit
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/keepass-denial-of-service-poc third-party-advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-37178 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2439128 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-31208 | Advisory | |
| https://keepass.info/ | product | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-37178 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-37178 | ||
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47952 | exploit | |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/keepass-denial-of-service-poc | third-party-advisory |
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