Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).

published 2026-09-15 last mo. modified 2026-09-23 last mo. also EUVD-2026-79933

cvss: 3.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 5%
public exploits: 0; none known

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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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last mo. (2026-09-17)

Exploit prediction

0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualBox

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

oracle.com /security-alerts/cspusep2026.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-87281
NVD CVE-2026-87281

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