CVE-2026-87281: Low 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.2 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who can exploit this vulnerability?
Exploitation requires an attacker to have high privileges and local logon access to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox is running. No user interaction is required.
What is the potential impact of a successful attack?
A successful attack can provide unauthorized read access to a subset of data accessible to Oracle VM VirtualBox. Because the vulnerability has a scope change, the attack may also significantly affect additional products.
Which version is identified as affected?
Oracle identifies VirtualBox version 7.2.16 as the supported affected version.