A recently discovered security flaw impacting the KeePass password manager has been released as a proof-of-concept (PoC). This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-32784, affects KeePass versions 2.x for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and can be used to recover a victim’s master password in plaintext under certain conditions. A new version 2.54 is expected to fix the issue. According to security researcher “vdhoney,” who discovered the flaw and created a PoC, the vulnerability is related to how a custom text box field used for entering the master password handles user input. It has been found to leave traces of every character the user types in the program memory, allowing an attacker to dump the program’s memory and reassemble the password in plaintext with the exception of the first character. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must already have compromised a potential target’s computer, and the password must be typed on a keyboard, not copied from a clipboard. Users are advised to update to KeePass 2.54 once it becomes available. This follows findings from Google security research that detailed a flaw in password managers such as Bitwarden, Dashlane, and Safari, which can be abused to auto-fill saved credentials into untrusted web pages, leading to possible account takeovers.
Source: Hackernews
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