CVE-2026-21982

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control7 documents7 sources
Severity
6.4MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Oracle Corporation Oracle VM VirtualboxOracle VM Virtualbox
Timeline
PublishedJan 20
Latest updateJan 21

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…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.6 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDoracle/vm_virtualbox7.1.14, 7.2.4+1
▶CVEListV5oracle_corporation/oracle_vm_virtualbox7.1.14, 7.2.4+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gp8q-g6v2-fgq3: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)↗2026-01-21
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CVEList
CVE-2026-21982: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)↗2026-01-20
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OSV
CVE-2026-21982: Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core)↗2026-01-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Virtualization Risk Matrix: Core — CVE-2026-21982↗2026-01-15
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Debian
CVE-2026-21982: virtualbox - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (comp...↗2026
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-21982 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz↗
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CVE-2026-21982 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.4) | Vulnerability in the Oracle VM Virt | cvebase.io