CVE-2026-41584
HIGHZEBRA: rk Identity Point Panic in Transaction Verification
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-452v-w3gx-72wg
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
18.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (6)
crates.io/zebra-chain
0 - 6.0.2crates.io
crates.io/zebrad
0 - 4.3.1crates.io
ZcashFoundation/zebra
zebra-chain < 6.0.2
ZcashFoundation/zebra
zebrad < 4.3.1
zfnd/zebra-chain
< 6.0.2
zfnd/zebrad
< 4.3.1
Published
May 08, 2026
Tracked Since
May 08, 2026