CVE-2025-62587

High-privilege takeover across virtualization boundary

Published Oct 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Privilege-control flaw in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 Core allows local users with high privileges to take over the hypervisor. Oracle has not disclosed the flawed Core operation or how it processes attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires high privileges on the host, and successful attacks cross the VirtualBox boundary to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege-control flaw in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.1.12 and 7.2.2 Core allows local users with high privileges to take over the hypervisor. Oracle has not disclosed the flawed Core operation or how it processes attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires high privileges on the host, and successful attacks cross the VirtualBox boundary to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-62587
Published
Oct 21, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Classifications
CWE-267
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 21, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.1.12
  2. Affected versionversion=7.2.2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Oracle Corporation · Oracle VM VirtualBoxversion=7.1.12; version=7.2.2

Published CVSS scores

8.2Oracle CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-267Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

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