CVE-2026-41584

HIGH

ZEBRA: rk Identity Point Panic in Transaction Verification

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

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