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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:15:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation Enabling Full Takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation Enabling Full Takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core
Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-284

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

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Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-284

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +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 7.2.14. 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T17:59:28.925Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-71129

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T17:51:34.184Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:13.737

Modified: 2026-08-20T18:16:43.853

Link: CVE-2026-71129

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T02:00:05Z

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