UBUNTU-CVE-2026-77178 (CVE-2026-77178)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-10-07 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-07 00:00 – Source website
VLAI
Details
(Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.2.8 allows guest OS users to cause an ou ...)
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"details": "(Oracle VM VirtualBox before 7.2.8 allows guest OS users to cause an ou ...)",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-77178",
"modified": "2026-10-07T00:00:00Z",
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