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CVE-2026-21982

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2026-01-20
Updated: 2026-01-29
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Description

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. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
adjacent network
Complexity
high
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-284

Metadata

Primary Vendor
ORACLE
Published
1/20/2026
Last Modified
1/29/2026
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

oracle : vm_virtualboxoracle : vm_virtualbox

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