Description
Sandboxie 5.49.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the container folder input field. Attackers can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the Sandbox container folder setting to trigger an application crash.
Published: 2026-01-16
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:sandboxie-plus:sandboxie:5.49.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sandboxie-plus
Sandboxie-plus sandboxie
Vendors & Products Sandboxie-plus
Sandboxie-plus sandboxie

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Sandboxie 5.49.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the container folder input field. Attackers can paste a large buffer of repeated characters into the Sandbox container folder setting to trigger an application crash.
Title Sandboxie 5.49.7 - Denial of Service
Weaknesses CWE-1284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Sandboxie-plus Sandboxie
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-05T01:28:48.131Z

Reserved: 2026-01-14T17:11:19.900Z

Link: CVE-2021-47831

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-16T21:01:33.409Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-16T19:16:08.240

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2021-47831

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-19T09:20:23Z

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