---
id: CVE-2025-62591
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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with
  logon to the…
severity: medium
cvss: 6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-267
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-2025-62591'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.html'
    label: secalert_us@oracle.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00202
epssPercentile: 0.09251
ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T11:31:27.477Z'
---

## 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. Easily exploitable 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  unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Confidentiality impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

## 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.