FKIE_CVE-2026-21957

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-20 22:15 - Updated: 2026-01-29 16:01
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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 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 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
References
secalert_us@oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
oracle vm_virtualbox 7.1.14
oracle vm_virtualbox 7.2.4
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