CVE-2020-37178
KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.6 Medium
- Published
- Feb 11, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 5, 2026
- Reserved
- Feb 10, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.6 Medium | 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 | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
KeePass Password SafeKeepass |
|
References
- ExploitDB-47952exploit
- KeePass Official Homepageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)third-party-advisory
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