Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). (CVE-2026-87279)
A vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16 allows a low privileged attacker with logon access to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) and unauthorized modification of some accessible data. The vulnerability impacts integrity and availability but does not affect confidentiality. It has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, indicating a medium severity level. Oracle has released security patches addressing this and many other vulnerabilities in their September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-87279 is a vulnerability in the core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16. It allows a low privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure running Oracle VM VirtualBox to cause repeated crashes or hangs (denial of service) and unauthorized update, insert, or delete access to some data accessible by Oracle VM VirtualBox. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H, indicating local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and high availability impact.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to denial of service conditions by causing Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly, and unauthorized modification of some accessible data within Oracle VM VirtualBox. There is no confidentiality impact reported. The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has included a fix for this vulnerability in their September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. Customers are strongly advised to apply the available security patches promptly to mitigate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). (CVE-2026-87279)
Description
A vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16 allows a low privileged attacker with logon access to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) and unauthorized modification of some accessible data. The vulnerability impacts integrity and availability but does not affect confidentiality. It has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1, indicating a medium severity level. Oracle has released security patches addressing this and many other vulnerabilities in their September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.1medium
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-87279 is a vulnerability in the core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16. It allows a low privileged attacker with logon access to the infrastructure running Oracle VM VirtualBox to cause repeated crashes or hangs (denial of service) and unauthorized update, insert, or delete access to some data accessible by Oracle VM VirtualBox. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H, indicating local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and high availability impact.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to denial of service conditions by causing Oracle VM VirtualBox to hang or crash repeatedly, and unauthorized modification of some accessible data within Oracle VM VirtualBox. There is no confidentiality impact reported. The vulnerability requires local access with low privileges.
Mitigation Recommendations
Oracle has included a fix for this vulnerability in their September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update. Customers are strongly advised to apply the available security patches promptly to mitigate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-j4cj-hh2c-v9px
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-87279"]
- Database Specific Severity
- MODERATE
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaa07d855bf5e2cf5ea2d2b
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 03:07:04 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 03:21:17 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 05:01:24 UTC
Views: 2
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