CVE-2026-35251

Privilege Escalation Leading to VirtualBox Takeover via Local Exploit

Published Apr 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.6. Difficult to exploit 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 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

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

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Title Privilege Escalation Leading to VirtualBox Takeover via Local Exploit
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-862
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Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.6. Difficult to exploit 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 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2026, 3:55 AM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2026, 8:03 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 21, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 10:10 PM