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CVE-2026-46703: boxlite · Path Traversal

Affects boxliteSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.6 Critical : upgrade to 0.9.0 as a priority.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.6Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 41% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.9.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Jun 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade boxlite and boxlite-ai/boxlite to 0.9.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
boxlite-aiboxliteAffected
  • <0.9.0
Fixed in
  • 0.9.0
GitHubboxlite-ai/boxlitepkg:github/boxlite-ai/boxliteOther threatsAffected
  • <0.9.0
Fixed in
  • 0.9.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Boxlite to version 0.9.0 or later, where this vulnerability is patched. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory. Users should avoid loading OCI images from untrusted sources until patched.

Description

Boxlite is a sandbox service that allows users to create lightweight virtual machines (Boxes) and launch OCI containers within them to run untrusted code. Prior to version 0.9.0, Boxlite allows users to specify the OCI image used by containers in the sandbox. However, when processing tar entries in OCI images, Boxlite does not account for the possibility that entries may be symlinks pointing to absolute paths. An attacker can craft a malicious OCI image and distribute it on image hosting platforms such as DockerHub, tricking users into using it. Once a user loads the malicious image, the attacker can write arbitrary content to any path on the host, which can further lead to remote code execution on the host. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.

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