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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| boxlite-ai | boxlite | < 0.9.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | boxlite | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | GHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 |
| crates.io | boxlite | >= 0.0.0-0, < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | RUSTSEC-2026-0147 |
| crates.io | boxlite-cli | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | GHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 |
| Go | github.com/boxlite-ai/boxlite/sdks/go | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | GO-2026-5392 |
| npm | @boxlite-ai/boxlite | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | GHSA-g6ww-w5j2-r7x3 |
| PyPI | boxlite | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | PYSEC-2026-299 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026