CVE-2026-87271CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-87271

High · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.9
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 7.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. Note: This vulnerability applies to Windows host only. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00161 · 4.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-09-16T00:19Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
oracle/vm_virtualboxall versions—
References (1)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 15 SEP 20:06Z
    Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
    cvelistv5