CVE-2015-8378

HIGH 7.5CVE-2015-8378 · Published 10/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8378 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting keepassx (keepassx project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
keepassx keepassx_project	`≤ 0.4.3`	No fix yet

Description

In KeePassX before 0.4.4, a cleartext copy of password data is created upon a cancel of an XML export action. This allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the .xml dotfile.

References

bugs.debian.org/791858 · Mailing List
keepassx.org/changelog · Release Notes

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