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CVE-2026-21981

Published: January 28, 2026
Last updated:15 hours ago (January 28, 2026)
Exploit: NoZero-day: NoPatch: YesTrend: Neutral
TL;DR
Updated January 28, 2026

CVE-2026-21981 is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. No known exploits currently, and patches are available.

Key Points
  • 1Medium severity (CVSS 4.6/10)
  • 2No known public exploits
  • 3Vendor patches are available
  • 4Strobes Priority Score: 99/1000 (Low)
Severity Scores
CVSS v34.6
CVSS v20.0
Priority Score99.0
EPSS Score0.0
Medium
Exploitation LikelihoodMinimal
0.00%EPSS

Very low probability of exploitation

Monitor and patch as resources allow
0.00%
EPSS
4.6
CVSS
No
Exploit
Yes
Patch
Low Priority
no major risk factors

EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.

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. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high 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 read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.6 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L).

CVSS v3 Breakdown
Attack Vector:Local
Attack Complexity:Local
Privileges Required:High
User Interaction:Network
Scope:Changed
Confidentiality:Local
Integrity:Network
Availability:Local
Trend Analysis
Neutral
Advisories
GitHub AdvisoryNVD
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Strobes VI. (2026). CVE-2026-21981 - CVE Details and Analysis. Strobes VI. Retrieved January 29, 2026, from https://vi.strobes.co/cve/CVE-2026-21981
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