High severity · published May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-41584
ZEBRA: rk Identity Point Panic in Transaction Verification
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.3.1 and prior to zebra-chain version 6.0.2, Orchard transactions contain a rk field which is a randomized validating key and also an elliptic curve point. The Zcash specification allows the field to be the identity (a "zero" value), however, the orchard crate which is used to verify Orchard proofs would panic when fed a rk with the identity value. Thus an attacker could send a crafted transaction that would make a Zebra node crash. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.3.1 and zebra-chain version 6.0.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 19% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZE
zebra · ZcashFoundation
zebra-chain < 6.0.2; zebrad < 4.3.1 · source: vendor
ZE
Zebra-chain · Zfnd
before 6.0.2 · source: NVD
ZE
Zebrad · Zfnd
before 4.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41584
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41584
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-452v-w3gx-72wg
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