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Medium severity · published Jan 20, 2026
CVE-2026-21982
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)
6.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are 7.1.14 and 7.2.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with access to the physical communication segment attached to the hardware where the Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. 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:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OV
Oracle VM VirtualBox · Oracle Corporation
7.1.14; 7.2.4 · source: vendor
VV
VM Virtualbox · Oracle
7.1.14; 7.2.4 · source: NVD
Affected product
OV
Oracle VM VirtualBox
Oracle Corporation
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-21982
Vendor Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.html
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