CVE-2020-37178

HIGH 7.5

KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)

CVSS Score

7.5

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

KeePass Password Safe versions before 2.44 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the help system's HTML handling. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by dragging and dropping malicious HTML files into the help area, potentially causing application instability or crash.

CWE	CWE-94
Vendor	keepass
Product	keepass password safe
Published	Feb 11, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 5, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Affected Versions

Keepass / KeePass Password Safe

< 2.44

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47952 keepass.info: https://keepass.info/ vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/keepass-denial-of-service-poc

Credits

Mustafa Emre Gül