🛡️ CVE-2023-32784 on Debian — keepass2

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-32784 as tracked by Debian, for the package keepass2. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784 is classified as CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. Sensitive data crosses the network without encryption and can be read or altered in transit.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-32784 is recorded against 1 package.

  • keepass2

Timeline and source

Published on 15 May 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-32784 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-05-15
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
keepass2 — —

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