CVE-2026-34461: Sandboxie · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affects SandboxieSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.3 High : upgrade to 1.17.3 soon.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC
- 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:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sandboxie-plusSandboxie | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubsandboxie-plus/Sandboxiepkg:github/sandboxie-plus/SandboxieOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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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.