CVE-2026-87278Hinoki check available

Local service interruption and data modification

Published Sep 15, 2026 · Updated Sep 15, 2026

Denial of service and data modification in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 Core allow local users to crash the hypervisor or alter data. Oracle has not published the faulty Core operation or the form of untrusted input that reaches it. Exploitation requires local logon and interaction by another person; successful attacks can hang or repeatedly crash VirtualBox and modify some accessible data.

CVSS severity6.1
Medium
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Denial of service and data modification in Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 Core allow local users to crash the hypervisor or alter data. Oracle has not published the faulty Core operation or the form of untrusted input that reaches it. Exploitation requires local logon and interaction by another person; successful attacks can hang or repeatedly crash VirtualBox and modify some accessible data.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-87278
Published
Sep 15, 2026
Updated
Sep 15, 2026
Vendor
Oracle Corporation
Product
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Classifications
T1499
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.2.16

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Oracle Corporation · Oracle VM VirtualBoxversion=7.2.16

Published CVSS scores

6.1Oracle CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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Attacks

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

Weakness, pattern, technique

T1499Endpoint Denial of Service

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