CVE-2023-32784

Summary

CVECVE-2023-32784
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-05-15 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-20 15:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KeePass / Discussion / Open Discussion: Security - Dumping Master Password from Memory, Even When Locked MISC sourceforge.net
GitHub - vdohney/keepass-password-dumper MISC github.com
CVE-2023-32784 : is KeepassXC affected ? · keepassxreboot/keepassxc · Discussion #9433 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378501 KeePass 2.X Master Password Retrieval Vulnerability (CVE-2023-32784)

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