keepass2 — security advisory
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
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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