CVE-2026-41584 PUBLISHED

ZEBRA: rk Identity Point Panic in Transaction Verification

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 21.04.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.3.1 and prior to zebra-chain version 6.0.2, Orchard transactions contain a rk field which is a randomized validating key and also an elliptic curve point. The Zcash specification allows the field to be the identity (a "zero" value), however, the orchard crate which is used to verify Orchard proofs would panic when fed a rk with the identity value. Thus an attacker could send a crafted transaction that would make a Zebra node crash. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.3.1 and zebra-chain version 6.0.2.

Metrics

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:H
CVSS Score: 9.2

Product Status

Vendor ZcashFoundation
Product zebra
Versions
  • Version zebra-chain < 6.0.2 is affected
  • Version zebrad < 4.3.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-617: Reachable Assertion CWE