Out-of-bounds Read in Root-Project Root

CVE-2026-24812

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-24812: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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