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).

CVSS v3 8.4 HIGH

8.4^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 5.8

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html

Configurations

No configuration.

History

27 Oct 2026, 20:17

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CWE		CWE-200

20 Oct 2026, 22:20

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-20 22:20

Updated : 2026-10-27 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-87301

Mitre link : CVE-2026-87301

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-87301

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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