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 unauthenticated 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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History

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Exploit Enables Full VirtualBox Compromise with User Interaction

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title VirtualBox 7.2.14 Local Privilege Escalation to Full Compromise
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title VirtualBox 7.2.14 Local Privilege Escalation to Full Compromise
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14 Leading to System Compromise
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Local Privilege Escalation in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.14 Leading to System Compromise
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-732

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 unauthenticated 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.6 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: oracle

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-20T17:59:23.615Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-71131

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T17:51:37.566Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-08-18T21:18:13.967

Modified: 2026-08-20T18:16:43.987

Link: CVE-2026-71131

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-21T04:45:03Z

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