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Medium · 6.0 CVE-2026-87285 EUVD-2026-79937GHSA-qmqg-jpmh-7326

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2…

Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by oracle

Description

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 ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Oracle Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS virtualbox No fix yet —

Advisories 2

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