Vulnerability · Published Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by oracle
CVE-2025-61760
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity improper access control in Oracle VM VirtualBox from Oracle Corporation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.12 and 7.2.2. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61760 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61760 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61760 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61760 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | virtualbox | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-61760 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation | Oracle VM VirtualBox | 7.1.127.2.2 |
Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory