---
id: CVE-2026-87267
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).   The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16.
  Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network
  access via R…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-400
  - CWE-284
vendor: oracle
product: vm_virtualbox
affected:
  - vm_virtualbox = 7.2.16
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T13:53:23.463'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87267'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html'
    label: secalert_us@oracle.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00337
epssPercentile: 0.2428
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-18T13:49:10.104016Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-15T20:44:02.600Z'
---

## Overview

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).   The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

## Affected

- `vm_virtualbox = 7.2.16`

## Remediation

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