Vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox
CVE-2026-21989
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L).
EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.
Affected products
- Oracle Vm_virtualbox — versions 7.1.14, 7.2.4
- Oracle Corporation Vm Virtualbox — versions 7.1.14, 7.2.4
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-21989?
- CVE-2026-21989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Vm Virtualbox. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-01-20.
- How severe is CVE-2026-21989?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.