Vulnerability · Published Aug 18, 2026 · Assigned by oracle

CVE-2026-71113

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 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.2.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71113
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71113
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71113
Ubuntu:26.10	virtualbox	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71113

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Oracle Corporation	Oracle VM VirtualBox	7.2.14

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Oracle Advisory vendor-advisory