CVE-2026-24812

9.3 criticalEPSS 0.3%

Critical (9.3). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in root-project root (builtins/zlib modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inftrees.C. This issue affects root: through 6.36.00-rc1.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.3 critical

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 24% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-125
Published: 2026-01-27
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://github.com/root-project/root/pull/18527
https://root.cern/blog/recent-common-vulnerabilities-when-does-ROOT-need-to-be-updated/

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