CVE-2023-22018

HIGH

8.1

CVSS Score

Published: July 18, 2023 at 08:18 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:34 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorVM VirtualBox

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Severity

HIGH8.1

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1.0%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.46 and Prior to 7.0.10. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via RDP to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

VM VirtualBox · Oracle

95%

v < 6.1.46v < 7.0.106.0.0 ≤ v < 6.1.467.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.10

Affected range stops below 6.1.46, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 7.0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2023.html

References (1)

Vendor AdvisoryPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2023.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.1HIGHoracle

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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