Sandboxing isolates untrusted code or files so analysts and security tools can observe behavior and limit damage from malware.
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A sandbox is an isolated environment for running or inspecting software, files, or workloads without giving them the same access as the host system. In security, it commonly supports malware analysis, suspicious-file detonation, browser and application isolation, and safe testing of potentially vulnerable code. Isolation may rely on virtual machines, containers, operating-system controls, or combinations of these mechanisms.
Sandboxes reduce risk but are not automatically safe: vulnerabilities in the sandbox or hypervisor can enable an escape, and malware may detect analysis conditions and change its behavior. Effective deployments restrict privileges, filesystem access, credentials, and network connectivity; reset environments after use; and monitor activity. Analysts should also protect submitted samples, which can contain confidential data. Sandbox observations can supply threat-intelligence indicators and help validate detections, but a clean result is not proof that code is benign.
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Two flaws in Cursor, an AI code editor, could let a single, ordinary-looking prompt break out of the editor's safety sandbox and run any command on a developer's computer. There is no click to fall for and no approval box to ignore
Homebrew was "less vulnerable 10 years ago than npm is today," project lead tells us
All have patches, so make sure you upgrade to a fixed version
The flaw, CVE-2026-11645, can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page
Series A Funding Supports Visibility Across Cloud, Code and Endpoint EnvironmentsGeordie AI, the 2026 RSAC Innovation Sandbox winner, raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand a platform that provides visibility, governance and behavioral monitoring for AI agents operating across cloud, code and endpoint environments as enterprises accelerate autonomous AI adoption.
Another day, another AI bug silently fixed with no CVE and no public disclosure
A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems
A critical vulnerability in the popular Node.js sandboxing library vm2 allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the host system. [...]
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in a Python-based sandbox called Terrarium that could result in arbitrary code execution
The prompt-injection vulnerability in the agentic AI product for filesystem operations was a sanitization issue that allowed for sandbox escape and arbitrary code execution.
Google’s highest security setting for its agents runs command operations through a sandbox and throttles network access, but is still vulnerable to prompt injection. The post Vuln in Google’s Antigravity AI agent manager could escape sandbox, give attackers remote code execution appeared first on CyberScoop.
No reports of active exploitation (yet) Watch out for more Fortinet vulns! Two critical bugs in Fortinet's sandbox could allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication or execute unauthorized code on vulnerable systems.…
Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability in a widely used third-party Android software development kit (SDK) called EngageLab SDK that could have put millions of cryptocurrency wallet users at risk
Capitol Meridian Partners' Niloofar Razi on Innovation Sandbox, AI-Driven OffenseCybersecurity can no longer stop at the system boundary. Organizations must understand how humans and AI agents behave, and intervene before attackers exploit that behavior, says Niloofar Razi, operating partner at Capitol Meridian Partners.
Ten finalists had three minutes to make their case for being the most innovative, promising young security company of the year. Geordie AI wins the 2026 contest.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new method for exfiltrating sensitive data from artificial intelligence (AI) code execution environments using domain name system (DNS) queries
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary command execution
As Innovation Sandbox Turns 21, AI-Based Solutions Dominate Annual ContestNext month in San Francisco, the Innovation Sandbox at RSAC Conference will celebrate its 21st year of choosing key emerging solutions in cybersecurity. Past winners and finalists range from EDR and XDR giant SentinelOne in 2014 to cloud security phenom Wiz in 2021.
High-severity CSS flaw let malicious webpages run code inside the sandbox Google has quietly pushed out an emergency Chrome fix after attackers were caught exploiting the browser's first reported zero-day of 2026.…
CISA confirmed on Wednesday that ransomware gangs have begun exploiting a high-severity VMware ESXi sandbox escape vulnerability that was previously used in zero-day attacks. [...]