Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.16 Core privileges management

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.16. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Core. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-87282. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.16. This issue affects an unknown code 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. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Easily exploitable 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 unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.0 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H).

The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-87282 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/16/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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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• 7.2.16

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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