CVE-2026-34461
Sandboxie-Plus SbieIniServer RunSbieCtrl stack buffer overflow allows local privilege escalation
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
1Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Track*
Timeline
- 2026-03-27 CVE Reserved
- 2026-05-05 CVE Published
- 2026-05-07 CVE Updated
- 2026-05-07 First Exploit
- 2026-05-11 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CAPEC
References (1)
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| https://github.com/sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie/security/advisories/GHSA-wpjw-jh2p-gwx7 | 2026-05-07 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Sandboxie-plus Search vendor "Sandboxie-plus" | Sandboxie Search vendor "Sandboxie-plus" for product "Sandboxie" | < 1.17.3 Search vendor "Sandboxie-plus" for product "Sandboxie" and version " < 1.17.3" | plus |
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