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.
History

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-02-11T20:37:01.939Z

Updated: 2026-02-11T20:37:01.939Z

Reserved: 2026-02-10T18:30:18.387Z

Link: CVE-2020-37178

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-11T21:16:10.953

Modified: 2026-02-11T21:16:10.953

Link: CVE-2020-37178

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