Upstream information
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 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.Other Security Trackers
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.6 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
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| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Jul 30 15:09:31 2026CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 30 15:09:31 2026