CVE-2026-87278CWE-284broken-access-control

CVE-2026-87278

Medium · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
4.2
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 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. 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00154 · 4.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2026-09-16T00:19Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
oracle/vm_virtualboxall versions—
References (1)
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