CVE-2026-104423 PUBLISHED

Zebra before 6.2.1 Denial of Service via Uncapped V6 Shielded Proof Verification

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 02.10.2026 Published: 02.10.2026 Updated: 02.10.2026

Zebra (zebrad) before 6.2.1 contains an asymmetric resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to stall block verification by pushing V6 mempool transactions with invalid Halo2 proofs. Attackers can flood the shared unprioritized Halo2 verification queue with zero-fee transactions carrying zero-filled Orchard and Ironwood proofs, causing nodes to fall behind the chain tip.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	None	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	None
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	ZcashFoundation
Product	zebra
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 6.2.1 (excl.) Version 6.2.1 is unaffected

CVE-2026-104423 PUBLISHED

Zebra before 6.2.1 Denial of Service via Uncapped V6 Shielded Proof Verification

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