Vulnerability in N/a
CVE-2026-29642
A local attacker who can execute privileged CSR operations (or can induce firmware to do so) performs carefully crafted reads/writes to menvcfg (e.g., csrrs in M-mode). On affected XiangShan versions (commit aecf601e803bfd2371667a3fb60bfcd83c333027, 2024-11-19), these menvcfg accesses can unexpectedly set WPRI (reserved) bits in the status view (xstatus) to 1. RISC-V defines WPRI fields as "writes preserve values, reads ignore values," i.e., they must not be modified by software manipulating other fields, and menvcfg itself contains multiple WPRI fields.
EPSS: 0.001 (1.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-29642?
- CVE-2026-29642 is a high-severity vulnerability in N/a, classified under CWE-1244. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-20.
- How severe is CVE-2026-29642?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.