Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation and DoS in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-264
CWE-770

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation and DoS in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-264
CWE-770

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-08-18T21:03:41.746Z

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:00:12.256Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-71136

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T15:00:43.785Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:14.440

Modified: 2026-08-20T13:08:14.613

Link: CVE-2026-71136

cve-icon Redhat

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