Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-87282 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87282 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-87282?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6, published 15 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle Vm Virtualbox 7.2.16.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87282?
- 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-2026-87282 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-87282?
- 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
This is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Core component of Oracle VM VirtualBox version 7.2.16. The vulnerability requires high privilege level (PR:H) and local access (AV:L) to the host system running VirtualBox, with no user interaction needed. A successful exploit results in a hang or complete crash of the virtualization system, causing unavailability of all hosted virtual machines. The scope is marked as changed (S:C), indicating that the impact extends beyond the VirtualBox application itself to other products or systems depending on it. Patch availability and specific technical remediation details are not disclosed in the available advisory information.
Affected products
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Timeline
- 2026-09-15: disclosed