The 7.2.16 versions of VM VirtualBox installed on the remote host are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the October 2026 CPU advisory.

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The     supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox.
    (CVE-2026-87301)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The     supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while     the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope     change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or     frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. (CVE-2026-87303)

  - Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The     supported version that is affected is 7.2.16. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged     attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM     VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact     additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized     ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox.     (CVE-2026-87311)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.2.18 (October 2026 CPU)

high Nessus Plugin ID 371214

Version 1.4