CVE-2026-71127

MediumCVSS 6.0

Published: 18/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 19/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.11%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (component: Core) version 7.2.14. Easily exploitable, requires logon to the infrastructure. Allows a high-privileged attacker to cause a hang or frequent crashes (complete DoS) of VirtualBox, and may impact additional products (scope change).

Risk Assessment

Risk of disruption of virtual machines and potential impact on other systems in the environment.

Recommendation

Apply Oracle patches for VirtualBox 7.2.14 and monitor/restrict access to the infrastructure.

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. 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).