Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows host only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
History

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Title Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 on Windows Hosts

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-732

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +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 7.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows host only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-09-15T20:06:34.183Z

Updated: 2026-09-22T03:56:04.159Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T21:49:12.407Z

Link: CVE-2026-87268

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:49:41.499Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-15T20:19:15.483

Modified: 2026-09-23T13:53:16.873

Link: CVE-2026-87268

cve-icon Redhat

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