CVE-2026-21987 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Oracle VM VirtualBox versions 7.1.14 and 7.2.4, specifically within the Core component. A highly privileged attacker with infrastructure logon can easily exploit this vulnerability, leading to a complete takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox and potentially impacting other products. With a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.2, it poses significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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