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CVE-2026-34462: 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, 22:58 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. No other mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

Sandboxie-Plus is an open source sandbox-based isolation software for Windows. In versions 1.17.2 and earlier, several ProcessServer handlers (KillAllHandler, SuspendAllHandler, and RunSandboxedHandler) copy a WCHAR boxname[34] field from request structures into WCHAR[40] stack buffers using wcscpy without verifying null termination. Because the service pipe accepts variable-length packets larger than the request structure, an attacker can fill the boxname field with non-zero data and append additional controlled wide characters after the structure.wcscpy then reads past the fixed field and overflows the destination stack buffer. The service pipe is created with a NULL DACL, allowing any local process to connect, and the unsafe copy occurs before authorization checks. 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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