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CVE-2026-87303: Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-87303cvecve-2026-87303
Published: 10/20/2026 (10/20/2026, 21:23:56 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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS v3.1

Score 5.9medium

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

Affected software

Oracle Corporation

Oracle VM VirtualBox

Affected versions
=7.2.16

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
oracle
Date Reserved
2026-09-08T21:49:12.410Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Vendor Advisory Urls
[{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html","vendor":"Oracle"}]

Threat ID: 6ad7df062cdf04f656637d47

Added to database: 10/20/2026, 21:37:10 UTC

Last updated: 10/20/2026, 21:50:00 UTC

Views: 2

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