CVE-2026-87279

Local Low‑Privilege Denial of Service and Integrity Compromise via Vulnerable Core Component in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16

Published Sep 15, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium 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 7.2.16. 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 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

Remediation

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History
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Title Local Low‑Privilege Denial of Service and Integrity Compromise via Vulnerable Core Component in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
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Weaknesses CWE-284
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Title Local Privileged User Can Cause VM Crash and Alter Data in VirtualBox 7.2.16
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Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics ssvc

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

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Title Local Privileged User Can Cause VM Crash and Alter Data in VirtualBox 7.2.16
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Title Local Privilege Exploit Causing Denial of Service and Data Modification in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-862
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Weaknesses CWE-284
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Title Local Privilege Exploit Causing Denial of Service and Data Modification in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-862
Type Values Removed Values Added
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 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Sep 21, 2026, 2:50 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026, 9:49 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 15, 2026, 8:19 PM
Modified
Sep 23, 2026, 1:51 PM