PT-2026-25837 · Openssl+1 · Openssl+1

Published 2026-03-16 · Updated 2026-04-21 · CVE-2026-4158

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KeePassXC (affected versions not specified)

Description KeePassXC installations are susceptible to local privilege escalation. An attacker who can execute low-privileged code may be able to gain elevated access. This issue is related to the OpenSSL configuration and an uncontrolled search path element.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

LPE

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-4158

ZDI-26-215

Affected Products

Keepassxc

Openssl

References · 10

• https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/security/advisories/GHSA-4gr2-cr97-q9fx · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-4158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-215 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4158 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4158 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Tech7/status/2034177859108147659 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/SystemTek_UK/status/2033940734022205948 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2045972432234967265 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/giuseppe_1337/status/2046404887685034345 · Twitter Post