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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-104422 EUVD-2026-91433GHSA-3qff-7hrr-r4g7

Zebra before 6.3.0 Block Sync Denial of Service via Coinbase scriptSig Rewrite

Published Oct 2, 2026 · Updated Oct 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

The block sync download path in Zebra (zebrad) before 6.3.0 reads a block's height from its unvalidated coinbase scriptSig and drops blocks that appear too far behind the tip before consensus validation, without penalizing the supplying peer. Because V5 transaction IDs exclude the scriptSig, a malicious peer can repeatedly serve a canonical block whose coinbase claims height 1 while keeping the requested hash, delaying the node's discovery of the newest block.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ZcashFoundation zebra < 6.3.0 6.3.0

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