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CVE-2026-21990

HIGH
8.2CVSS
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. 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 takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.2 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
local
Complexity
low
Privileges
high
User Action
none
Scope
changed
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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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