CVE-2026-71138CWE-284broken-access-control

CVE-2026-71138

High · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00158 · 4.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2026-08-19T01:18Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
oracle/vm_virtualboxall versions—
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 AUG 21:03Z
    Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
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