---
id: CVE-2026-71694
title: >-
  An issue in Berkeley Out-of-Order Machine (BOOM) / BoomTile RTL benchmark v1.2
  2d08d0d8b4563212175212f9db0e69f6e68c9619 allows a remote attacker to execute
  arbitrary code via the CSR trap-return state restoration logic, MRET handling
  log…
summary: >-
  An issue in Berkeley Out-of-Order Machine (BOOM) / BoomTile RTL benchmark v1.2
  2d08d0d8b4563212175212f9db0e69f6e68c9619 allows a remote attacker to execute
  arbitrary code via the CSR trap-return state restoration logic, MRET handling
  log…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-352
published: '2026-08-19'
updated: '2026-09-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-09T16:04:24.933'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71694'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/bu-icsg/ProcessorFuzz'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/duan528/BOOM-MRET-MPRV-Vulnerability-Report'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/riscv-boom/riscv-boom'
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: 'https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual'
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00382
epssPercentile: 0.29466
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T16:14:05.514Z'
---

## Overview

An issue in Berkeley Out-of-Order Machine (BOOM) / BoomTile RTL benchmark v1.2 2d08d0d8b4563212175212f9db0e69f6e68c9619 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the CSR trap-return state restoration logic, MRET handling logic, mstatus.MPRV update path, CSRFile logic in ProcessorFuzz BOOM benchmark Benchmarks/Verilog/SmallBoomTile_v1.2_state.v

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.