# VirtualBox 7.2.16 — VirtualBox 7.2.16

- Product: VirtualBox (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/virtualbox)
- Vendor: Oracle
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Version: 7.2.16
- Original notes: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/virtualbox/releases/7.2.16

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- **changed** — Update Catalan translations in GUI
- **fixed** — Fix OVF import warning visibility in GUI
- **added** — Add graceful handling of inaccessible VMs in GUI
- **changed** — Improve VMSVGA 3D performance in Graphics
- **fixed** — Fix hang when stopping video recording after a large number of display updates
- **fixed** — Fix OpenSSL 4.0 build issues on Host
- **added** — Add support for FRED on Linux Host
- **changed** — Improve shared clipboard handling in Wayland for Linux Host and Guest
- **fixed** — Fix support for RHEL 9.8 kernels on Linux Guest

GUI: Updated Catalan translations
GUI: Fixed OVF import warning visibility
GUI: Added graceful handling of inaccessible VMs
Graphics: VMSVGA 3D performance improvements
Video Recording: Fixed a hang when stopping recording after a large number of display updates
Host: OpenSSL 4.0 build fixes
Linux Host: Support for FRED
Linux Host and Guest: Improvements in shared clipboard handling in Wayland
Linux Guest: Fixed support for RHEL 9.8 kernels