CVE-2023-32784

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

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.

Affected products

KeePass: from 2.00 before 2.54 — fixed in 2.54

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KeePass 2.54. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/discussions/9433
https://github.com/vdohney/keepass-password-dumper
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/f3438e6283/
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/discussions/9433
https://github.com/vdohney/keepass-password-dumper
https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/f3438e6283/

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