Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-87301 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87301 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-87301?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.4, published 20 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Oracle Vm Virtualbox 7.2.16.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87301?
- 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-2026-87301 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-87301?
- 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 in Oracle VM VirtualBox Core (version 7.2.16) allows a low-privileged attacker with logon access to obtain high-level access to VirtualBox data and functionality. The attack requires no user interaction and succeeds on unpatched systems; scope change indicates compromise of VirtualBox can impact other products running on the same host. The vulnerability results in confidentiality breach and availability denial.
Affected products
- Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16
Timeline
- 2026-10-20: disclosed