Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-60162 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-60162 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-60162?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.1, published 21 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle VirtualBox 7.2.12.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-60162?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-60162 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-60162?
- Check whether you run Oracle VirtualBox at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A vulnerability in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.12 allows a high-privileged attacker with local logon access to the host infrastructure to compromise the application. The exploit is characterized as difficult (High Attack Complexity) but results in a Scope change (S:C), meaning the impact can extend beyond the VirtualBox environment to the host or other products. Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized access to all VirtualBox data (High Confidentiality impact) and a partial denial of service (Low Availability impact). No user interaction is required for this attack.
Affected products
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.12
Timeline
- 2026-07-21: disclosed: Initial publication of CVE-2026-60162
- 2026-07-21: advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) July 2026 released