Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000
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Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). | |
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Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: oracle
Published: 2026-01-20T21:56:30.679Z
Updated: 2026-01-22T04:55:37.167Z
Reserved: 2026-01-05T18:07:34.713Z
Link: CVE-2026-21955
Updated: 2026-01-21T15:25:50.984Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-01-20T22:15:58.347
Modified: 2026-01-21T16:16:09.407
Link: CVE-2026-21955
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