Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-87281 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87281 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-87281?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.2, published 15 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle Vm Virtualbox 7.2.16.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87281?
- 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-2026-87281 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-87281?
- 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
The vulnerability is an information disclosure flaw in Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16 affecting the Core component. It requires high privilege level access (PR:H) and local attack vector (AV:L), with no user interaction necessary. An attacker with local administrative or privileged account access can read a subset of VirtualBox-accessible data, potentially exposing sensitive information about virtual machine configurations or internal state. The scope is changed (S:C), meaning attacks may impact systems beyond VirtualBox itself. No public patch availability information is provided in the advisory.
Affected products
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Timeline
- 2026-09-15: disclosed