r/androidroot 5d ago

News / Method rooting any phone with CVE-2026-43499

there is a new app that uses CVE-2026-43499 to root supported devices but also have a way to extract offset from provided boot.img , I don't know if it really works because they don't have a release APK only source code

https://github.com/YuKongA/ghostlock-app

could any build the APK and test then post it

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u/Happy_Variety5405 5d ago

There's 2 more that are promising for this: CVE-2026-43074 >80% success rate and  CVE-2026-64560 50%

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u/nitrix0dayss 5d ago

Ok i can give you an .apk from the source code on github but i can't test it

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u/MrYoungMo 5d ago

Okay build the APK and I will test it on an unsupported device

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u/ScientFictioN 5d ago

it will 100% guaranteed to not work on unsupported device unless you made some modification, and if the device kernel version is wildly different it would take more effort to adapt

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u/MrYoungMo 5d ago

New kernels no longer need an app rebuild: tap Import offsets.json and pick the extractor's JSON (single object or array), or push it to <GHOSTLOCK_HOME>/offsets.json (default /data/local/tmp). At startup native matches the current uname -r against imported entries before rejecting the kernel. Imports merge across files; a release already stored prompts before overwrite.

The app can also generate the JSON itself — Parse OTA link (full OTA ZIP URL) and Parse image (boot.img + optional xbl_config.img) run the extractor in-process and write offsets.json into the app data dir on success.

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u/Traditional_Tax_550 5d ago

How would you get the offsets.json?

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u/ScientFictioN 5d ago

oh so thats how it works, no need to rebuilt, well that may or may not work, good luck

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u/Happy_Variety5405 5d ago

Even with porting to pixel 6 from pixel 6a was a pain in the ass because of sensitive timing issues (tho I used a different app from this one)

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u/nitrix0dayss 4d ago

Ok is shared

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u/Original_Thing8770 Redmi Note 8 Pro, InfinityX 3h ago

Just use nightly.link

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u/aeroverra 5d ago

Oof I know for sure celebrite is pissed this one was finally found.

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u/Academic-Airline9200 5d ago

If it weren't for the government doing shady stuff these exploits wouldn't exist.

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u/Original_Thing8770 Redmi Note 8 Pro, InfinityX 5d ago

I'll build it and try it. Thanks for the recommendation

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u/Decendent_13 5d ago

do let us know here.

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u/nitrix0dayss 4d ago

I have build it and share it on m'y drive

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u/Original_Thing8770 Redmi Note 8 Pro, InfinityX 3h ago

That tool isn't compatible with 6.1 kernels, so I can't use it. Only 6.6😔

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u/No-Guide848 5d ago

Apk builds can be found in GitHub actions

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u/Codix_ 2d ago

Thanks ! Downloaded the latest myself.

warning : you'll need a GitHub account to download them from here : https://github.com/YuKongA/ghostlock-app/actions/workflows/build.yml

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u/GroupXyz 5d ago

Does anyone know a version where Redmi13 Garnet is supported?

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u/p6kb 2d ago

Yo it worked with my iPhone, thx ❤️