CVE-2026-21982
HIGHOracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.14 and 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Title source: llmDescription
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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
22.0%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (2)
oracle/vm_virtualbox
7.1.14
oracle/vm_virtualbox
7.2.4
Published
Jan 20, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026