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CVE-2026-87267: Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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 VM VirtualBox

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-87267cvecve-2026-87267
Published: 09/15/2026 (09/15/2026, 20:06:33 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Oracle Corporation
Product: Oracle VM VirtualBox

Description

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 network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.3medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected software

Oracle Corporation

Oracle VM VirtualBox

Affected versions
=7.2.16

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/15/2026, 20:32:48 UTC

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability affects Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 and allows a low privileged attacker with network access via RDP to cause a hang or frequent crash, resulting in a complete denial of service. The attack complexity is high, and no user interaction is required. The vulnerability does not impact confidentiality or integrity but affects availability. Oracle has acknowledged this issue in its September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update advisory, which includes patches for this and many other vulnerabilities across Oracle products.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation results in denial of service by causing Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. The vulnerability requires network access via RDP and is difficult to exploit due to high attack complexity.

Mitigation Recommendations

Oracle has released security patches as part of the September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update that address this vulnerability. Users of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16 should apply the relevant patches promptly to remediate this issue. Oracle strongly recommends remaining on actively supported versions and applying security patches without delay.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
oracle
Date Reserved
2026-09-08T21:49:12.407Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]

Threat ID: 6aa9a86855bf5e2cf553b2d9

Added to database: 09/15/2026, 20:19:52 UTC

Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 20:32:48 UTC

Last updated: 09/15/2026, 23:26:10 UTC

Views: 4

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