Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-87270 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87270 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-87270?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.8, published 15 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle Vm Virtualbox 7.2.16.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87270?
- 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-2026-87270 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-87270?
- Check whether you run Oracle Vm 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 local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 on Windows hosts. The vulnerability is easily exploitable by a low-privileged attacker with local logon access (AV:L, PR:L, UI:N). Successful exploitation results in complete compromise of the VirtualBox process with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The attack requires no user interaction and no special system configuration.
Affected products
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Timeline
- 2026-09-15: disclosed