CVE-2026-32603CWE-20

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

High · published May 5, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00158 · 4.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-05-05T18:57Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 MAY 18:57Z
    Sandboxie kernel driver denial of service via malformed IOCTL from sandboxed process
    cvelistv5