---
id: CVE-2026-87281
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 high privileged attacker with logon to the
  infrastr…
severity: low
cvss: 3.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-284
vendor: oracle
product: vm_virtualbox
affected:
  - vm_virtualbox = 7.2.16
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-23T13:51:22.223'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87281'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cspusep2026.html'
    label: secalert_us@oracle.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00146
epssPercentile: 0.04196
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-17T14:21:48.246520Z'
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 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 read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.2 (Confidentiality impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

## Affected

- `vm_virtualbox = 7.2.16`

## Remediation

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