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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-32784 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 76.48%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-16 | 75.50% | 76.48% | +0.97% |
| 2 | 2026-03-27 | 75.85% | 75.50% | -0.34% |
| 3 | 2026-03-21 | — | 75.85% | — |
Full EPSS history (32 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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3.9 | 3.6 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2023-32784 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (keepass2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-32784 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2023-32784 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (keepass2), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 6. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-32784 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/discussions/9433 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/vdohney/keepass-password-dumper | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/f3438e6283/ | Issue Tracking |