CVE-2023-24055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

KeePass through 2.53 (in a default installation) allows an attacker, who has write access to the XML configuration file, to obtain the cleartext passwords by adding an export trigger. NOTE: the vendor's position is that the password database is not intended to be secure against an attacker who has that level of access to the local PC.

Published: 2023-01-22

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: 41.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:keepass:keepass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.41441.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://securityboulevard.com/2023/01/keepass-password-manager-leak-cve-richixbw/
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/a146e5cf6b/
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/feature-requests/2773/

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Keepass Keepass

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:49:08.940Z

Reserved: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24055

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:49:08.940Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-22T04:15:11.560

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:47:20.550

Link: CVE-2023-24055

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-312

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