{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37178 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-37178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-37178 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in KeePass Password Safe, published on 11 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-37178 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-37178 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in KeePass Password Safe, published on 11 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-37178 exists.\n\nAffected product: KeePass Password Safe. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37178/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-37178","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37178/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-37178","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r2ww-vx8x-gqmg"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Password manager","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can crash KeePass by dragging malicious HTML files into the help area, causing application instability.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":4.6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-94","name":"Improper Control of Generation of Code"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"KeePass 2.44 - Denial of Service (PoC)","id":"CVE-2020-37178","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"APKF Product Key Finder 2.5.8.0 - 'Name' Denial of Service","id":"CVE-2020-37179"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"BOOTP Turbo 2.0 - Denial of Service (SEH)","id":"CVE-2020-37177"},"products":["KeePass Password Safe"],"published":"2026-02-11","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-03-05","vendors":["Keepass"]},"summary":"Attackers can crash KeePass by dragging malicious HTML files into the help area, causing application instability.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-37178/"}