Medium severity · published May 8, 2026
CVE-2026-44500
ZEBRA: Allocation Amplification in Inbound Network Deserializers
5.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ZE
zebra · ZcashFoundation
zebrad < 4.4.0; zebra-chain < 7.0.0; zebra-network < 6.0.0 · source: vendor
ZE
Zebra-chain · Zfnd
before 7.0.0 · source: NVD
ZE
Zebra-network · Zfnd
before 6.0.0 · source: NVD
ZE
Zebrad · Zfnd
before 4.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44500
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44500
Exploit
https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-438q-jx8f-cccv
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