Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24812

Critical

Published: 27 January 2026

Published
27 January 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 9.3 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
EPSS Score 0.0029 20.2th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24812 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Root (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 20.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

Insufficient information to map techniques.
Confidence: LOW · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Affected Assets

Root
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References