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CVE-2026-34461: Sandboxie · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects SandboxieSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.3 High : upgrade to 1.17.3 soon.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 6% 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:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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 should upgrade to version 1.17.3 or later to remediate this issue. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix in 1.17.3, applying this update is the recommended mitigation.

Description

Sandboxie-Plus is an open source sandbox-based isolation software for Windows. In versions 1.17.2 and earlier, the SbieIniServer RunSbieCtrl handler contains a stack buffer overflow. The MSGID_SBIE_INI_RUN_SBIE_CTRL message is handled before normal sandbox and impersonation checks, and for non-sandboxed callers, the handler copies the trailing message payload into a fixed-size WCHAR ctrlCmd[128] stack buffer using memcpy without verifying the length fits within the buffer. The service pipe is created with a NULL DACL, allowing any local interactive process to connect and send an oversized payload to overflow the stack. This can lead to a crash of the SbieSvc service or potential code execution as SYSTEM. This issue has been fixed in version 1.17.3.

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