CVE-2026-71141

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as 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 7.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L).

CVSS v3 7.7 HIGH

7.7^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.3

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact LOW

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-18 21:18

Updated : 2026-08-25 19:03

NVD link : CVE-2026-71141

Mitre link : CVE-2026-71141

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-71141

JSON object : View

Products Affected

oracle

vm_virtualbox

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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