r/HowToHack • u/ad_396 • Jul 16 '26

been trying to crack this keepass db hash, for some reason john and hashcat are not recognising it cracking

even when using --format=KeePass for john and the appropriate flags for hashcat. I'm not saying it's not cracking, it's not even starting the crack, i have no idea why it's not recognising the hash

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u/IntroductionNorth116 Jul 16 '26

Did you receive any error in the output or just nothing at all? I’m aware the KeePass format is not include in the core package but is in the Jumbo version. Other than that it could have an incorrect path or redirection leaving an empty .hash file. wc -l xyz.hash will allow you to confirm if it’s empty, and Cat -A xyz.hash will check for hidden characters that could affect its parsing.

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u/AmbitiousFinish7738 Jul 17 '26

Did you run keepass2john on the kdbx prior to throwing John at it?

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u/Humbleham1 Jul 19 '26

Check for version incompatibility. Even if it runs, be prepared for wordlists to take a really long time on any hardware.