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Critical · 9.2 CVE-2026-44498 EUVD-2026-28783GHSA-jv4h-j224-23cc

ZEBRA: Block Validator Undercounts Coinbase and P2SH Sigops

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 14, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to version 4.4.0, Zebra's block validator undercounts transparent signature operations against the 20000-sigop block limit (MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS), allowing it to accept blocks that zcashd rejects with bad-blk-sigops. A miner who produces such a block can split the network: Zebra nodes follow the offending chain while zcashd nodes do not. This issue has been patched in version 4.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ZcashFoundation zebra < 4.4.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io zebrad < 4.4.0 4.4.0 GHSA-jv4h-j224-23cc

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