CVE-2020-37178

KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)

CVSS 4.6 MEDIUMEPSS 0.3%CWE-94

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

11 Feb 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

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:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Keepass · KeePass Password Safe

References

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