CVE-2026-21981

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)

Medium · published January 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. 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 read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.6 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00140 · 3.1th percentile
Published
2026-01-20T21:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JAN 21:56Z
    Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
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