Critical-data disclosure to low-privileged local users
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Information disclosure in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core 7.2.14 allows local users to access critical data through a local attack. Oracle has not published the affected Core locus or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires a low-privileged infrastructure logon and high attack complexity; impact is limited to data accessible to VirtualBox.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core 7.2.14 allows local users to access critical data through a local attack. Oracle has not published the affected Core locus or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires a low-privileged infrastructure logon and high attack complexity; impact is limited to data accessible to VirtualBox.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-71151
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- Oracle Corporation
- Product
- Oracle VM VirtualBox
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.2.14
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