LLM-Assisted Detection and Repair of Hardware Security Vulnerabilities in Verilog Designs

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Hardware designs, like software, are susceptible to bugs that can introduce security vulnerabilities and create opportunities for malicious exploitation. Unlike software vulnerabilities, however, hardware flaws become permanently embedded in silicon after fabrication, making them difficult or impossible to patch. Many of these weaknesses are categorized under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) framework and include improper access control, exposure of sensitive information, and unintended pri

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@misc{santana2026llmassisted,
  title = {{LLM-Assisted Detection and Repair of Hardware Security Vulnerabilities in Verilog Designs}},
  author = {Ethen Santana and Gabriel Gyaase and Hao Zheng},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  eprint = {2608.04907},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04907}
}