CVE-2026-71135: 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. in Oracle Corporation Oracle
CVE-2026-71135 is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.14 that allows a high privileged attacker with logon access to the host infrastructure to cause a denial of service by hanging or repeatedly crashing the Oracle VM VirtualBox process. The vulnerability impacts availability and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.0. This vulnerability may also affect additional products due to scope change. No known exploits are reported in the wild. Oracle has included this fix in their August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14 allows an attacker with high privileges and logon access to the host system to cause a hang or repeated crash of the VirtualBox process, resulting in a complete denial of service. The vulnerability affects the core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox and has a CVSS 3.1 vector of AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating local attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, scope change, no confidentiality or integrity impact, and high availability impact. The vulnerability's exploitation could also impact other Oracle products due to scope change. Oracle has addressed this vulnerability in their August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial of service condition causing Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly, impacting availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability requires high privileges on the host and local access. The scope of impact may extend to other Oracle products due to the nature of the vulnerability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released a security patch addressing this vulnerability as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. Users of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.14 should apply the available patch promptly. Oracle strongly recommends remaining on actively-supported versions and applying security patches without delay to mitigate this and other vulnerabilities.
CVE-2026-71135: 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. in Oracle Corporation Oracle
Description
CVE-2026-71135 is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.14 that allows a high privileged attacker with logon access to the host infrastructure to cause a denial of service by hanging or repeatedly crashing the Oracle VM VirtualBox process. The vulnerability impacts availability and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.0. This vulnerability may also affect additional products due to scope change. No known exploits are reported in the wild. Oracle has included this fix in their August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.0medium
Affected software
Oracle Corporation
Oracle VM VirtualBox
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14 allows an attacker with high privileges and logon access to the host system to cause a hang or repeated crash of the VirtualBox process, resulting in a complete denial of service. The vulnerability affects the core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox and has a CVSS 3.1 vector of AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H, indicating local attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, scope change, no confidentiality or integrity impact, and high availability impact. The vulnerability's exploitation could also impact other Oracle products due to scope change. Oracle has addressed this vulnerability in their August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in a denial of service condition causing Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly, impacting availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability requires high privileges on the host and local access. The scope of impact may extend to other Oracle products due to the nature of the vulnerability.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has released a security patch addressing this vulnerability as part of the August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. Users of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.14 should apply the available patch promptly. Oracle strongly recommends remaining on actively-supported versions and applying security patches without delay to mitigate this and other vulnerabilities.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- oracle
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-04T22:06:34.619Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]
Threat ID: 6a84ccd5c6e8be0332c3915c
Added to database: 08/18/2026, 21:21:25 UTC
Last enriched: 09/11/2026, 11:49:02 UTC
Last updated: 10/02/2026, 05:31:16 UTC
Views: 40
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