Software Update: KeePassXC 2.5.4

KeePass Password Safe is a well-known open source password manager that was originally developed for the Windows platform, but can later work on other platforms with the help of Mono. KeePassXC is being developed in C++ with Qt for the graphics part which makes it look suitable on Linux, macOS and Windows. This allows accounts to be stored, including associated data, such as username, password, and url. All data is stored securely in an aes, twofish or ChaCha20 encrypted database. Furthermore, the program can automatically generate passwords and import and export lists. For more information, we refer you to this page. The changelog for version 2.5.4 looks like this:

KeePassXC 2.5.4 released

The update primarily resolves a compatibility issue with macOS 10.15.4 and 10.14.6. The most recent macOS security patches changed the way code signatures are checked resulting in a KeePassXC crash at startup. We published a quick workaround at the end of last month, for which we had to sacrifice TouchID support in order allow you guys to continue using KeePassXC. This update ships with a full resolution of the code signing issue and brings back TouchID.

A minor side effect of the new update is a changed bundle and App ID. This is not much of a problem, but previously granted accessibility permissions for Auto-Type may have to be granted again after installing this update. Permissions for the “old” version can be safely revoked.

To make this release all about code signing, we also retired SHA1 as our Windows Authenticode signature hash algorithm and moved on to SHA256. PGP signatures have always been SHA256 and remain unchanged.

On top of all that, we backported two small fixes from the development preview of our next major release, which are listed in the changelog below.

Fixed:

• Return keyboard focus after saving database edits [#4287]
• Windows: Use bare minimum settings in portable version [#4131]
• Windows: Use SHA256 code signing [#4129]
• macOS: Fix code signing incompatibility in latest macOS release [#4564]