Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Title High Privileged Local Attack Exploits Oracle VirtualBox for Full System Compromise
Weaknesses CWE-285

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Title High Privileged Local Attack Exploits Oracle VirtualBox for Full System Compromise
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-285

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Difficult to exploit 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published: 2026-08-18T21:03:35.663Z

Updated: 2026-08-25T03:56:27.774Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.618Z

Link: CVE-2026-71116

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T15:02:27.605Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:12.223

Modified: 2026-08-26T17:56:30.980

Link: CVE-2026-71116

cve-icon Redhat

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