Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14 Core privileges management

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Core. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-71139. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.14. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-71139 since 08/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Oracle

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• VirtualBox

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• 7.2.14

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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