CVE-2026-87274

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Denial of Service in Oracle VM VirtualBox

Publication date: 2026-09-15

Last updated on: 2026-09-23

Assigner: Oracle

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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Meta Information

Published

2026-09-15

Last Modified

2026-09-23

Generated

2026-10-06

AI Q&A

2026-09-16

EPSS Evaluated

2026-10-04

NVD

CVE-2026-87274

EUVD

EUVD-2026-79926

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
oracle	vm_virtualbox	7.2.16

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16. It allows a low-privileged attacker with local access to cause a denial of service (DOS) by crashing or hanging the VirtualBox software. The attack requires human interaction from someone other than the attacker.

Detection Guidance

Detection requires checking the Oracle VM VirtualBox version installed on your system. Compare it against version 7.2.16. If your version matches or is older, the system is potentially vulnerable. Use commands like 'VBoxManage --version' on Linux or check the installed programs list on Windows.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability could cause your Oracle VM VirtualBox to crash repeatedly or become unresponsive, disrupting your virtual machine operations and potentially leading to data loss or downtime.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability does not directly impact compliance with GDPR or HIPAA as it only causes denial-of-service conditions in Oracle VM VirtualBox. Compliance risks would arise if the system failure disrupts data processing or availability of critical services.

Mitigation Strategies

Update Oracle VM VirtualBox to the latest version that is not affected by this vulnerability. If an update is unavailable, consider disabling the product or restricting access to it until a patch is applied.

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