CVE-2026-87274

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS v3 4.4 MEDIUM

4.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Sep 2026, 13:52

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html -~~	() https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Oracle Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:::::::*

17 Sep 2026, 13:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

Information

Published : 2026-09-15 20:19

Updated : 2026-09-23 13:52

NVD link : CVE-2026-87274

Mitre link : CVE-2026-87274

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-87274

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Products Affected

oracle

vm_virtualbox

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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