CVE-2026-123556 PUBLISHED

Zebra 4.5.0 before 7.0.0 Honest Peer Ban via Mempool Lock-Time Scoring

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 06.11.2026 Published: 08.11.2026 Updated: 08.11.2026

ZcashFoundation Zebra from 4.5.0 before 7.0.0 contains a protection mechanism failure that bans honest peers by scoring mempool lock-time rejections at the ban threshold. Attackers can broadcast transactions locked until the current height right after each block, causing lagging nodes to ban honest relaying peers for 24 hours or until restart.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor ZcashFoundation
Product zebra
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.5.0 to 7.0.0 (excl.)
  • Version 7.0.0 is unaffected

Credits

  • SphereDonout reporter
  • conradoplg remediation reviewer
  • mpguerra coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • Protection Mechanism Failure CWE