ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.4.0, prior to zebra-chain version 7.0.0, and prior to zebra-network version 6.0.0, several inbound deserialization paths in Zebra allocated buffers sized against generic transport or block-size ceilings before the tighter protocol or consensus limits were enforced. An unauthenticated or post-handshake peer could therefore force the node to preallocate and parse for orders of magnitude more data than the protocol intended, across headers messages, equihash solutions in block headers, Sapling spend vectors in V5/V4 transactions, and coinbase script bytes in blocks. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.4.0, zebra-chain version 7.0.0, and zebra-network version 6.0.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-438q-jx8f-cccv Zebra Vulnerable to Allocation Amplification in Inbound Network Deserializers
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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zcashfoundation
Zcashfoundation zebra
Vendors & Products Zcashfoundation
Zcashfoundation zebra

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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First Time appeared Zfnd
Zfnd zebra-chain
Zfnd zebra-network
Zfnd zebrad
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-chain:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra-network:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebrad:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Vendors & Products Zfnd
Zfnd zebra-chain
Zfnd zebra-network
Zfnd zebrad

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Description ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.4.0, prior to zebra-chain version 7.0.0, and prior to zebra-network version 6.0.0, several inbound deserialization paths in Zebra allocated buffers sized against generic transport or block-size ceilings before the tighter protocol or consensus limits were enforced. An unauthenticated or post-handshake peer could therefore force the node to preallocate and parse for orders of magnitude more data than the protocol intended, across headers messages, equihash solutions in block headers, Sapling spend vectors in V5/V4 transactions, and coinbase script bytes in blocks. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.4.0, zebra-chain version 7.0.0, and zebra-network version 6.0.0.
Title ZEBRA: Allocation Amplification in Inbound Network Deserializers
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:41:46.471Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T18:28:20.886Z

Link: CVE-2026-44500

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T19:41:36.043Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-08T15:17:01.777

Modified: 2026-05-08T18:01:52.567

Link: CVE-2026-44500

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T22:30:18Z

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