CVE-2026-87275: Medium severity Oracle Oracle VM VirtualBox vulnerability
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 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 unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.6 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is realistically exposed to this issue?
Exposure is limited to environments running the affected supported Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16. An attacker must already have high privileges and a logon to the infrastructure where VirtualBox runs.
What access does an attacker need to exploit it?
The attack is local and requires high privileges; no user interaction is required. The provided information does not describe a remote exploitation path.
What could a successful attack accomplish?
A successful attack can provide unauthorized read access to a subset of data accessible to Oracle VM VirtualBox and can cause a partial denial of service. Because scope changes, the impact may significantly extend to additional products.
How can I determine whether I am affected?
Identify Oracle VM VirtualBox installations and check whether they are running supported version 7.2.16. The supplied data does not identify other affected versions or configuration-specific conditions.