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.
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Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-438q-jx8f-cccv | Zebra Vulnerable to Allocation Amplification in Inbound Network Deserializers |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-chain:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-network:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebrad:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
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| 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. | |
| Title | ZEBRA: Allocation Amplification in Inbound Network Deserializers | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-08T19:41:46.471Z
Reserved: 2026-05-06T18:28:20.886Z
Link: CVE-2026-44500
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-08T15:17:01.777
Modified: 2026-05-08T18:01:52.567
Link: CVE-2026-44500
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-08T18:00:16Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA