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keepass2 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784

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.

Products
keepass2
Affected versions
2.47+dfsg-2, 2.57+dfsg-1, 2.57+dfsg-1~bpo12+1, 2.57+dfsg-2, 2.57+dfsg-3, 2.57+dfsg-4, 2.60+dfsg-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2023-32784
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 15:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 May 2023, 06:15 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784

keepass2

Fixed versions: Not specified

keepass2

Fixed versions: Not specified

keepass2

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T18:02:29.419263122Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 456059,
  "published_at": "2023-05-15T06:15:10.427+00:00"
}