CVE-2026-4158

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4158
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-4158.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-4158
Aliases
  • GHSA-4gr2-cr97-q9fx
Downstream
Published
2026-04-11T00:17:00.676Z
Modified
2026-07-15T01:48:52.999132218Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
KeePassXC OpenSSL Configuration Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Details

KeePassXC OpenSSL Configuration Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of KeePassXC. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads configuration from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of KeePassXC when run by a target user on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-29156.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-427"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/4xxx/CVE-2026-4158.json",
    "cna_assigner": "zdi"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc
Events
Introduced
01e5b6ee1d3e8fdef203505c645962696cb8d97c
Last affected
01e5b6ee1d3e8fdef203505c645962696cb8d97c
Database specific 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.7.11"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.7.11"
        }
    ],
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.11

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-4158.json"