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CVE-2023-24055

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-24055 affects KeePass through version 2.53, allowing an attacker with write access to the XML configuration file to extract cleartext passwords by adding an export trigger. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), requiring local access and user interaction (UI:R) to achieve high confidentiality impact. While the vendor disputes it as a security flaw given the prerequisite access, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of it being targeted by info-stealing malware like ViperSoftX. There are no public exploit modules or KEV entries, but its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score indicate a notable potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:keepass:keepass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0369 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityboulevard.com / 2023/01/keepass-password-manager-leak-cve-richixbw
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/keepass/discussion/329220/thread/a146e5cf6b
PatchThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/keepass/feature-requests/2773
Third Party Advisory