CVE-2026-46695
BoxLite: Permission Bypass in boxlite Allows Modification of Read-Only Files
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
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 does not restrict the kernel capabilities available inside the container, malicious code can remount the directory in rw mode, thereby gaining write access to that directory. This allows malicious code to perform arbitrary write operations on directories that should be read-only. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite/security/advisories/GHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 0.9.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Gogithub.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite/sdks/goGHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)
- PyPIboxliteGHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)
- crates.ioboxliteGHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)
- crates.ioboxlite-cliGHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)
- npm@boxlite-ai/boxliteGHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite/security/advisories/GHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite/pull/454 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite/releases/tag/v0.9.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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