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. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H).
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| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html |
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000
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| Title | Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 CWE-862 |
Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +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. 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 access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.4 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H). | |
| First Time appeared |
Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: oracle
Published: 2026-10-20T21:23:55.503Z
Updated: 2026-10-20T21:23:55.503Z
Reserved: 2026-09-08T21:49:12.410Z
Link: CVE-2026-87301
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-10-20T22:20:07.207
Modified: 2026-10-21T18:44:19.627
Link: CVE-2026-87301
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