CVE-2026-87285

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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. 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).

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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-2026-87285

EUVD

EUVD-2026-79937

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
oracle	vm_virtualbox	7.2.16

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-400	The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

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Executive Summary

This is a vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16. It allows a highly privileged attacker with local access to cause a denial of service (DOS) by crashing or hanging the VirtualBox software repeatedly.

Detection Guidance

This CVE describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16. Detection requires checking the installed version of VirtualBox. Run 'VBoxManage --version' on the host system to verify if version 7.2.16 is installed. If so, the system is vulnerable.

Impact Analysis

If exploited, this vulnerability could disrupt your use of Oracle VM VirtualBox, leading to system crashes and preventing normal operation. It requires high privileges and local access to the system running VirtualBox.

Compliance Impact

This vulnerability causes denial-of-service (DoS) conditions in Oracle VM VirtualBox, leading to system crashes or hangs. While it does not directly impact data confidentiality or integrity, prolonged unavailability of virtualized systems could affect compliance with regulations requiring high availability or timely data access, such as GDPR (data processing continuity) or HIPAA (system reliability for healthcare operations).

Mitigation Strategies

Update Oracle VM VirtualBox to a version that is not affected by this vulnerability. Since the affected version is 7.2.16, check for and apply any available patches or newer releases from Oracle.

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