What is CVE-2015-8378?

CVE-2015-8378 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keepassx Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-8378?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Keepassx Project

CVE-2015-8378

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Keepassx Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

bugs.debian.org/791858 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.keepassx.org/changelog (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8378?: CVE-2015-8378 is a high-severity vulnerability in Keepassx Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-8378?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.