CVE-2026-21987 (GCVE-0-2026-21987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-20 21:56 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:44
VLAI
Summary
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-22 04:55 UTC
CWE
  • 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
  • CWE-noinfo Not enough information
Assigner
oracle CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 69/100 over 3981 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualBox Affected: 7.1.14 (semver)
Affected: 7.2.4 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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