CVE-2023-36266

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An issue was discovered in Keeper Password Manager for Desktop version 16.10.2 (fixed in 17.2), and the KeeperFill Browser Extensions version 16.5.4 (fixed in 17.2), allows local attackers to gain sensitive information via plaintext password storage in memory after the user is already logged in, and may persist after logout. NOTE: the vendor disputes this for two reasons: the information is inherently available during a logged-in session when the attacker can read from arbitrary memory locations, and information only remains available after logout because of memory-management limitations of web browsers (not because the Keeper technology itself is retaining the information).

Published: 2023-07-12 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-36266 is rated Exploit Available (56/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.84%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-36266

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
51623 exploit_db edb 2023-07-28 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-36266

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 2026-06-15 0.37% 0.84% +0.46%
2 2026-04-06 0.34% 0.37% +0.04%
3 2026-04-03 0.34%

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-36266

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-36266

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-36266

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
keepersecurity keeper 16.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:keepersecurity:keeper:16.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
keepersecurity keeperfill 16.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:keepersecurity:keeperfill:16.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-36266

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