CVE-2026-44500

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.4.0, prior to zebra-chain version 7.0.0, and prior to zebra-network version 6.0.0, several inbound deserialization paths in Zebra allocated buffers sized against generic transport or block-size ceilings before the tighter protocol or consensus limits were enforced. An unauthenticated or post-handshake peer could therefore force the node to preallocate and parse for orders of magnitude more data than the protocol intended, across headers messages, equihash solutions in block headers, Sapling spend vectors in V5/V4 transactions, and coinbase script bytes in blocks. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.4.0, zebra-chain version 7.0.0, and zebra-network version 6.0.0.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-chain:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-network:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebrad:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

History

08 May 2026, 18:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-438q-jx8f-cccv - () https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-438q-jx8f-cccv - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebrad:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-chain:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-network:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
First Time Zfnd zebra-chain
Zfnd zebra-network
Zfnd
Zfnd zebrad

08 May 2026, 15:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-08 15:17

Updated : 2026-05-08 18:01


NVD link : CVE-2026-44500

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44500

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44500


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Products Affected

zfnd

  • zebrad
  • zebra-network
  • zebra-chain
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling