Root is a niche vendor with a narrowly scoped product portfolio centered on its single root product, which exhibits recurring vulnerabilities around input validation and memory-safety issues including buffer-boundary violations and out-of-bounds read and write conditions. Live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Root over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-24811CRITICAL Vulnerability in root-project root (builtins/zlib modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inffast.C.
This issue affects root. | Jan 27, 2026 | 9.8 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2010-3376MEDIUM The (1) proofserv, (2) xrdcp, (3) xrdpwdadmin, and (4) xrd scripts in ROOT 5.18/00 place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privi | Oct 20, 2010 | 6.9 | 20 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Root.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Root — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.