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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54422

Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems.

Published Jul 29, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 29, 2025 · Sandboxie

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54422. EPSS is 8.00%. Act only if a listed version of Sandboxie is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
8.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor sandboxie-plus Sandboxie < 1.16.2

Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. In versions 1.16.1 and below, a critical security vulnerability exists in password handling mechanisms. During encrypted sandbox creation, user passwords are transmitted via shared memory, exposing them to potential interception. The vulnerability is particularly severe during password modification operations, where both old and new passwords are passed as plaintext command-line arguments to the Imbox process without any encryption or obfuscation. This implementation flaw allows any proces

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  • vendor sandboxie-plus Sandboxie < 1.16.2< 1.16.2

How to fix CVE-2025-54422

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54422. EPSS is 8.00%. Act only if a listed version of Sandboxie is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with sandboxie-plus Sandboxie < 1.16.2 < 1.16.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 8.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. In versions 1.16.1 and below, a critical security vulnerability exists in password handling mechanisms. During encrypted sandbox creation, user passwords are transmitted via shared memory, exposing them to potential interception. The vulnerability is particularly severe during password modific

  2. Jul 29, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. In versions 1.16.1 and below, a critical security vulnerability exists in password handling mechanisms. During encrypted sandbox creation, user passwords are transmitted via shared memory, exposing them to potential interception. The vulnerability is particularly severe during password modific

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54422

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-22995

    Sandboxie is a sandbox-based isolation software for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows NT-based operating systems. In versions 1.16.1 and below, a critical security vulnerability exists in password handling mechanisms. During encrypted sandbox creation, user passwords are transmitted via

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Jul 29, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.