CVE-2026-21983

HIGH

Oracle VM Virtualbox - Improper Privilege Management

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.0%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
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