Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00144.

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Fixes

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References
Link Providers
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspuaug2026.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local High-Privilege Attacker Can Induce Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox
Weaknesses CWE-400

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-400

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Denial of Service Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-400

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-400

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-400

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).
First Time appeared Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T21:03:39.533Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T22:06:34.619Z

Link: CVE-2026-71128

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:13.623

Modified: 2026-08-20T13:07:44.887

Link: CVE-2026-71128

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Updated: 2026-08-20T23:00:07Z

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