CVE-2026-71139

MediumCVSS 4.4

Published: 18/08/2026(UTC)Updated: 19/08/2026(UTC)Translated: 19/08/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in Oracle VM VirtualBox (component: Core) version 7.2.14. Easily exploitable, requires logon to the infrastructure. Allows a high-privileged attacker to cause a hang or frequent crashes (complete DoS) of VirtualBox.

Risk Assessment

Risk of disruption of virtual machines, potentially leading to service unavailability and loss of productivity.

Recommendation

Apply Oracle patches for VirtualBox 7.2.14 and restrict access to the infrastructure for high-privileged users.

Original NVD description (English source)

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 high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes 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 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).