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CVE-2023-24055

** DISPUTED ** KeePass through 2.53 (in a default installation) allows an attacker, who has write...

5.5 MediumPublic exploitFix availableDisputed

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

3.80%Up 2.9 points since Jan 22, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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.

Record
CVE-2023-24055
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-312
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2023-24055
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-28119 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2023-28119
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xf2q-qxhf-rqh5 5.5

** DISPUTED ** KeePass through 2.53 (in a default installation) allows an attacker, who has write...

** DISPUTED ** 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.

Record
GHSA-xf2q-qxhf-rqh5
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-312
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2023-0221 No score

Updated keepass packages fix security vulnerability

Allows an attacker, who has write access to the XML configuration file, to obtain the cleartext passwords by adding an export trigger. Disputed by vendor due to level of access required. (CVE-2023-24055) Possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running (CVE-2023-32784)

Record
MGASA-2023-0221
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
keepass
Mageia:8
before 2.54-1.mga8
2.54-1.mga8

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubCyb3rtus/keepass_CVE-2023-24055_yara_rule2023-01-29
PoC in GitHubalt3kx/CVE-2023-24055_PoC2023-01-25
PoC in GitHubdeetl/CVE-2023-240552023-01-24
PoC in GitHubdigital-dev/KeePass-TriggerLess2023-02-09
PoC in GitHubjulesbozouklian/PoC_CVE-2023-240552023-01-30
PoC in GitHubyosef0x01/CVE-2023-240552023-02-25
PoC in GitHubzwlsix/KeePass-CVE-2023-240552023-02-14

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-24055 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Keepass, published January 22, 2023. Its validity is disputed. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.80%, the 90th percentile. Fixed in keepass 2.54-1.mga8.

References

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