Vulnerability · CVE-2020-37178
KeePass Password Safe versions before 2.44 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the help system's HTML handling.
Published Feb 11, 2026 · catalog updated Mar 5, 2026 · Keepass KeePass Password Safe
Last checked Nov 7, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2020-37178. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of Keepass KeePass Password Safe is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium4.6
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.34%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Keepass KeePass Password Safe < 2.44
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Keepass KeePass Password Safe < 2.44< 2.44
How to fix CVE-2020-37178
Upgrade
CVE-2020-37178 lists a fix boundary at 2.44. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected < 2.44
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2020-37178. EPSS is 0.34%. Act only if a listed version of Keepass KeePass Password Safe is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Keepass KeePass Password Safe < 2.44 < 2.44. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.34%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Feb 11, 2026 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Mar 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-37178
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-37178
30-day exploitation probability 0.34%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2020-31208
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.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Nov 7, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSNov 7, 2026
- CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
- EUVDNov 2, 2026