CVE-2026-118673

KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application KeePass Password Safe. From 2.3.0 until 2.8.0, KeePassXC browser integration encrypts authorized responses in src/browser/BrowserMessageBuilder.cpp using a fixed 1 MiB output vector even though Botan::Sodium::crypto_box_easy() writes the plaintext length plus crypto_box_MACBYTES. A browser-protocol client that can access the per-user IPC endpoint, has a valid database association, and causes an unlocked database to generate and encrypt a sufficiently large authorized response can trigger a sequential out-of-bounds write before any response is delivered. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.0.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/commit/80e68bb4e8b89e383dd96b1bf5de169ca61367aa
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/13679
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/tag/2.8.0
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/security/advisories/GHSA-3448-gh8j-3227

Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 Oct 2026, 16:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-29 16:18

Updated : 2026-10-29 16:29

NVD link : CVE-2026-118673

Mitre link : CVE-2026-118673

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-118673

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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