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
| Link | Resource |
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| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
29 Jan 2026, 16:01
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| References | () https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html - Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Oracle vm Virtualbox
Oracle |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
21 Jan 2026, 16:16
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| CWE | CWE-269 |
20 Jan 2026, 22:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-01-20 22:15
Updated : 2026-01-29 16:01
NVD link : CVE-2026-21957
Mitre link : CVE-2026-21957
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-21957
JSON object : View
Products Affected
oracle
- vm_virtualbox
CWE
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management