CVE-2020-37178

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.

CVSS v4.0

4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 20th percentile

Published

2026-02-11

Updated

2026-03-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2020-37177
• CVE-2020-37179
• CVE-2020-37176
• CVE-2020-37180
• CVE-2020-37175
• CVE-2020-37181