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CVE-2026-34458: Sandboxie · CRLF Injection

Affects SandboxieSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.3 Critical : upgrade to 1.17.3 as a priority.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
9.3Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Contested

Critical score, yet low EPSS after six months
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 16% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.17.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Sandboxie and sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie to 1.17.3.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
sandboxie-plusSandboxieAffected
  • <1.17.3
Fixed in
  • 1.17.3
GitHubsandboxie-plus/Sandboxiepkg:github/sandboxie-plus/SandboxieOther threatsAffected
  • <1.17.3
Fixed in
  • 1.17.3

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AI-suggested

This vulnerability is fixed in Sandboxie-Plus version 1.17.3. Users and administrators should upgrade to version 1.17.3 or later to remediate this issue. No other mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information.

Description

Sandboxie-Plus is an open source sandbox-based isolation software for Windows. In versions 1.17.2 and earlier, an INI injection vulnerability allows any standard local user to bypass configuration restrictions (EditAdminOnly and ConfigPassword) and inject arbitrary directives into the global Sandboxie.ini configuration file. The background service skips authorization checks for IPC messages targeting sections beginning with UserSettings_, but does not sanitize CRLF characters in either the value parameter (via MSGID_SBIE_INI_ADD_SETTING) or the setting name parameter (via MSGID_SBIE_INI_SET_SETTING). An attacker can inject a new sandbox section header with unrestricted permissions, enabling sandbox escape and SYSTEM privilege escalation. This issue has been fixed in version 1.17.3.

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