Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting keepass package, versions [,2.44]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KEEPASS-15282859
  • published15 Feb 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2026
  • creditMustafa Emre Gul

Introduced: 11 Feb 2026

CVE-2020-37178  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for keepass.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions via the help system when handling HTML content. An attacker can cause application instability or a crash by tricking a user into dragging and dropping a specially crafted HTML file into the help area.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding the drag and drop of untrusted HTML files into the help system.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1