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title: "CVE-2026-87301: Oracle VM VirtualBox - Broken Access Control"
description: "Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 contains a vulnerability in the Core component that allows low privileged logged-in attackers to cause unauthorized access to critical data or denial of service by crashing the application."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-87301/
---

# CVE-2026-87301 Oracle VM VirtualBox - Broken Access Control

Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.16 contains a vulnerability in the Core component that allows low privileged logged-in attackers to cause unauthorized access to critical data or denial of service by crashing the application.

CVSS base score 8.4 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87301)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Published

20 October 2026

Updated

21 October 2026

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 7.2.16 or the latest available version.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87301](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87301)
- [https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html](https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2026.html)

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## What this record can't tell you

- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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