CVE-2026-44497 PUBLISHED

ZEBRA: Consensus Divergence in Transparent Sighash Hash-Type Handling due to Stale Buffer

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 06.05.2026 Published: 08.05.2026 Updated: 08.05.2026

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.4.0 and prior to zebra-script version 6.0.0, the fix for CVE-2026-41583 introduced a separate issue due to insufficient error handling of the case where the sighash type is invalid, during sighash computation. Instead of returning an error, the normal flow would resume, and the input sighash buffer would be left untouched. In scenarios where a previous signature validation could leave a valid sighash in the buffer, an invalid hash-type could be incorrectly accepted, which would create a consensus split between Zebra and zcashd nodes. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.4.0 and zebra-script version 6.0.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor ZcashFoundation
Product zebra
Versions
  • Version zebra-script < 6.0.0 is affected
  • Version zebrad < 4.4.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature CWE