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).

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Low-Privilege Local Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-400

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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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).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T21:23:56.329Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T21:49:12.410Z

Link: CVE-2026-87303

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T22:20:07.440

Modified: 2026-10-20T22:20:07.440

Link: CVE-2026-87303

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2026-10-21T07:45:14Z

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