CVE-2018-18748: Sandboxie-Plus Sandboxie

Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sandboxie 5.26 allows a Sandbox Escape via an "import os" statement, followed by os.system("cmd") or os.system("powershell"), within a .py file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because the observed behavior is consistent with the product's intended functionality

Affected products

• Sandboxie-Plus Sandboxie: version 5.26 only

Published 2018-10-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.