CVE-2026-32603 PUBLISHED

Sandboxie kernel driver denial of service via malformed IOCTL from sandboxed process

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.03.2026 Published: 05.05.2026 Updated: 05.05.2026

Sandboxie is an open source sandbox-based isolation software for Windows. In versions 1.17.2 and earlier, a local denial of service vulnerability exists in the Sandboxie kernel driver. An unprivileged process running inside a Standard Sandbox can send a malformed IOCTL to the \Device\SandboxieDriverApi driver, triggering an immediate kernel crash (BSOD). The vulnerability affects the Standard Sandbox configuration both with and without dropped administrator privileges, but does not affect the Security Hardened Sandbox configuration. This issue has been fixed in version 1.17.3. Users who cannot update can use the Security Hardened Sandbox configuration as a workaround.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor sandboxie-plus
Product Sandboxie
Versions
  • Version < 1.17.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE