CVE-2026-71140

LOWPre-NVD 3.43.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 3.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-18. A secondary CVSS source baseline 3.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
3.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 3.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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 update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

CVSS v3
3.4
EG Score
3.4LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
15
EG Risk 15/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity34% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 18, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71140(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 37× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 10:08 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-01 03:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-01 03:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-27 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-27 20:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-24 12:51 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-24 12:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-21 05:56 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-21 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-17 21:36 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-17 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-14 13:25 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-14 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-11 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-11 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-07 23:36 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-07 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-06 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-04 16:39 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-04 16:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-01 09:42 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-01 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-29 02:46 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-29 02:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-25 19:06 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-25 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-23 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-23 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-20 13:33 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-20 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-19 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-19 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-19 14:58 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-08-19 14:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-08-18 21:30 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-18 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-18 21:13 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71140?
CVE-2026-71140 is a low vulnerability published on August 18, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-71140 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71140 was first published on August 18, 2026, with the most recent update on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-71140 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71140 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71140?
CVE-2026-71140 has a CVSS base score of 3.4 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71140?
No fix for CVE-2026-71140 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-71140 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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