CVE-2026-21982

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 unauthenticated attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:::::::*

History

29 Jan 2026, 14:40

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Oracle vm Virtualbox Oracle
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.1.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:vm_virtualbox:7.2.4:::::::*
References	~~() https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html -~~	() https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html - Vendor Advisory

21 Jan 2026, 15:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-284

20 Jan 2026, 22:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-20 22:16

Updated : 2026-01-29 14:40

NVD link : CVE-2026-21982

Mitre link : CVE-2026-21982

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-21982

JSON object : View

Products Affected

oracle

vm_virtualbox

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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