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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Oct 20, 2026 21:23:55 UTC

CVE-2026-87301

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).

Base score8.4/ 10
SeverityHighCVSS 3.1

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes
Base severityHigh
Attack vectorLocalAV
Attack complexityLowAC
Privileges requiredLowPR
User interactionNoneUI
ScopeChangedS
Confidentiality impactHighC
Integrity impactNoneI
Availability impactHighA
CVSS vector stringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

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Record context

CVE Numbering Authorityoracle
Last updatedOct 27, 2026 19:40:00 UTC
PublishedOct 20, 2026 21:23:55 UTC
ReservedSep 8, 2026 21:49:12 UTC