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).
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Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000
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Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000
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| 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). | |
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Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Oracle
Oracle vm Virtualbox |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: oracle
Published: 2026-01-20T21:56:31.332Z
Updated: 2026-01-22T04:55:39.382Z
Reserved: 2026-01-05T18:07:34.713Z
Link: CVE-2026-21957
Updated: 2026-01-21T15:55:56.891Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-01-20T22:15:58.613
Modified: 2026-01-21T16:16:09.647
Link: CVE-2026-21957
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