---
id: CVE-2025-61760
title: >-
  Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization
  (component: Core)
summary: >-
  Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization
  (component: Core).  Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.12 and 
  7.2.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with
  logon to th…
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-284
vendor: oracle
product: vm_virtualbox
affected:
  - vm_virtualbox = 7.1.12
  - vm_virtualbox = 7.2.2
published: '2025-10-21'
updated: '2026-10-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T11:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61760'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html'
    label: secalert_us@oracle.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00153
epssPercentile: 0.03905
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.471Z'
---

## Overview

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).  Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.12 and  7.2.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged 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 and 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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

## Affected

- `vm_virtualbox = 7.1.12`
- `vm_virtualbox = 7.2.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.