CVE-2026-21984

HIGH

Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.14 and 7.2.4 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation in Core Component

Title source: llm
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).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.2%
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-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