CVE-2026-24811 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Vulnerability in root-project root (builtins/zlib modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inffast.C.

This issue affects root.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact High

Subsequent System Availability Impact High

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00042.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/root-project/root/pull/18526

History

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-119 CWE-125 CWE-20 CWE-787
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Vulnerability in root-project root (builtins/zlib modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inffast.C. This issue affects root.
Title		An improper pointer arithmetic in root-project/root at builtins/zlib/inffast.c
References		https://github.com/root-project/root/pull/18526
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 9.3, 'vector': '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'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GovTech CSG

Published: 2026-01-27T08:47:52.811Z

Updated: 2026-01-27T14:52:04.014Z

Reserved: 2026-01-27T08:39:10.281Z

Link: CVE-2026-24811

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-27T14:51:28.197Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-27T09:15:51.440

Modified: 2026-01-27T15:15:58.193

Link: CVE-2026-24811

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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