CVE-2026-46703
Published:June 10, 2026
Updated:June 11, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
@boxlite-ai/boxlite (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.9.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.9.0boxlite (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0 <0.9.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.9.0boxlite (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.5.11 <0.9.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.9.0boxlite-cli (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.7.4 <0.9.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.9.0Related Resources (9)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
EPSS
Base Score:
0.19