Critical
Security advisory
The SRP-6a implementation in Kee Vault KeePassRPC before 1.12.0 generates insufficiently random numbers, which allows remote attackers to read and modify data in the KeePass database via a WebSocket connection.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-16271
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The SRP-6a implementation in Kee Vault KeePassRPC before 1.12.0 generates insufficiently random numbers, which allows remote attackers to read and modify data in the KeePass database via a WebSocket connection.
osv:CVE-2020-16271
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16271",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.847368834Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://forum.kee.pm/t/a-critical-security-update-for-keepassrpc-is-available/3040",
"https://danzinger.wien/exploiting-keepassrpc/"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430570,
"published_at": "2020-08-03T17:15:12.043+00:00"
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