The controversially discussed vulnerability shows how important it is to address concerns, especially regarding security. Confirmation is given with the user's primary password, which needs to be entered before data exports begin. In other words: KeePass will prompt the user for confirmation before export data operations.

The official changelog highlights the fact: 'Removed the 'Export - No Key Repeat' application policy flag KeePass now always asks for the current master key when trying to export data.'. The benefit of that approach is that the password database format is supported. Other options included migrating to a KeePass port. It lacks several features, including triggers. They could switch to KeePass 1.x, a legacy version of the password manager that is still actively maintained. KeePass users had a few options to deal with the issue. An attacker with write access could, however, modify that configuration file either, so that it did not resolve the underlying issue.Ī properly protected system, with state-of-the-art antivirus, a firewall, and users who avoid common attack scenarios should prevent this type of attack entirely. The lead developer of KeePass, Dominik Reichl, suggested that users could create an enforced configuration file to lock the trigger functionality. KeePass itself disputed the vulnerability, stating that malicious actors needed write access on the system and that the access would give them even more malicious options, including replacing the KeePass executable file, running malicious programs on the system, or modifying autostart and configurations on the system. The main issue that Belgium's Federal Cyber Emergency Team saw was that KeePass did not prompt the user for the master password before allowing the export of passwords to commence.

Using a specific trigger, an attacker could export the entire password database to another file. Reported by the Federal Cyber Emergency Team of Belgium, it revolved around the application's trigger mechanism. Last week, word about a vulnerability in the password manager spread online.

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