ReviewHigh

CVE-2026-67846

the affected product

Berkeley Out-of-Order Machine (BOOM) commit 5223e44cfeb26f41380057a2eb4d651197475f69 contains a potential incorrect privilege assignment issue in the v3 and v4 NBDTLB implementations. The raw mstatus.SUM value participates in the read and write permission logic without an explicit local satp.MODE validity check at the use site

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
-
- percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Published
2026.08.19
PRIORITY ASSESSMENT

Review

The CVSS severity warrants an early asset and exposure review.

Known exploitationNot established by KEV
Exploit probability-
Technical severityCVSS 7.8

Vulnerability overview

Berkeley Out-of-Order Machine (BOOM) commit 5223e44cfeb26f41380057a2eb4d651197475f69 contains a potential incorrect privilege assignment issue in the v3 and v4 NBDTLB implementations. The raw mstatus.SUM value participates in the read and write permission logic without an explicit local satp.MODE validity check at the use site

Affected product and versions

Product
the affected product
Affected versions
See the vendor advisory and NVD configuration data
Fixed versions
No verified fixed-version field is available yet

Recommended response sequence

Confirm exposure before applying a vendor-supported change.

Full remediation guide
  1. 1
    Identify

    Confirm that the affected product and an affected version are present.

  2. 2
    Prioritize

    Combine exploitation signals with asset exposure and business criticality.

  3. 3
    Remediate

    Follow the vendor advisory or supported update path and preserve rollback options.

  4. 4
    Verify

    Recheck the version, service health, access paths, and relevant logs.

Technical data

CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-266