Disclosure summary
Certain Arm Cortex and Neoverse processors through 2022-03-08 do not properly restrict cache speculation, aka Spectre-BHB. An attacker can leverage the shared branch history in the Branch History Buffer (BHB) to influence mispredicted branches. Then, cache allocation can allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Source-reported weakness categories
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Source-specific records & product guidance
Sources retain their own attribution and scoring. Follow the original record to confirm affected versions, fixed releases, and configuration conditions.
NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2022-23960
Open original source · Updated Oct 08, 2026
Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.
| Vendor | Product / association | Version / bounds |
|---|---|---|
| xen | xen | - |
| arm | cortex-r7_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-r8_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a57_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a65_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a65ae_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a710_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a72_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a73_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a75_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a76_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a76ae_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a77_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a78_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-a78ae_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-x1_firmware | - |
| arm | cortex-x2_firmware | - |
| arm | neoverse-e1_firmware | - |
| arm | neoverse-v1_firmware | - |
| arm | neoverse_n1_firmware | - |
| arm | neoverse_n2_firmware | - |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 |
| debian | debian_linux | 10.0 |
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- developer.arm.com — Vendor Advisory
- developer.arm.com — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- www.debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- developer.arm.com — Vendor Advisory
- developer.arm.com — Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- www.debian.org — Third Party Advisory
PUBLISHED 2022-03-12T19:15:07-05:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-08T18:17:19-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:50:21-04:00