QID 378501

Date Published: 2023-05-25

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

KeePass is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager that stores and manages most sensitive information. KeePass helps storing Passwords in an encrypted database, which can be unlocked with one master key. It works for Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.

Affected Versions:
KeePass version 2.x before 2.54

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated):
On Windows, this QID looks for the vulnerable versions of KeePass by reading the KeePass related key values pairs under the registry "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" and/or "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"

This vulnerability in KeePass (password manager tool) enables a potential attacker with local access to obtain a plaintext master password from a user workspace.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to KeePass version 2.54 or higher when it becomes available. In the mean time, please refer this CVE-2023-32784 for more details on this vulnerability.

Vendor References

CVE-2023-32784 - github.com/vdohney/keepass-password-dumper

CVEs related to QID 378501

CVE-2023-32784 |

Software Advisories

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