Improper Privilege Management Affecting OpenXiangShan/NEMU package, versions [,2025.12.r1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENXIANGSHANNEMU-16300054
  • published26 Apr 2026
  • disclosed20 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-29646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade OpenXiangShan/NEMU to version 2025.12.r1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management when running with RVH enabled, the handling of writes to the sie register from a VS-mode guest may incorrectly affect the mie register. An attacker can disrupt privilege or virtualization isolation by manipulating interrupt enable states from a guest environment.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1