Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Affecting @boxlite-ai/boxlite package, versions <0.9.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-BOXLITEAIBOXLITE-16787353
  • published21 May 2026
  • disclosed16 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-46695  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-653  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @boxlite-ai/boxlite to version 0.9.0 or higher.

Overview

@boxlite-ai/boxlite is a BoxLite - Embeddable micro-VM runtime for secure, isolated code execution

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the mounting of host directories in read-only mode into VM. An attacker can gain unauthorized write access to the host filesystem by remounting a shared directory as read-write from within the guest environment.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1