CVE-2026-87301

Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16

Published Oct 20, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.4 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 7.2.16. 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).

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-862
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation and Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-269
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. 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
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Oct 27, 2026, 7:40 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026, 9:49 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 20, 2026, 10:20 PM
Modified
Oct 27, 2026, 8:17 PM