---
id: CVE-2026-87278
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. Easily
  exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the
  infrastr…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-284
vendor: oracle
product: vm_virtualbox
affected:
  - vm_virtualbox = 7.2.16
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T13:51:43.470'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87278'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html'
    label: secalert_us@oracle.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00154
epssPercentile: 0.03785
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-17T14:21:56.993888Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-15T20:44:02.604Z'
---

## Overview

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core).   The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated 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. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as  unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.1 (Integrity and Availability impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).

## Affected

- `vm_virtualbox = 7.2.16`

## Remediation

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