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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.2 High

CVE-2026-40880

Zebra: Cached Mempool Verification Bypasses Consensus Rules for Ahead-of-Tip Blocks

Description

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.3.1 and zebra-consensus version 5.0.2, a logic error in Zebra's transaction verification cache could allow a malicious miner to induce a consensus split. By carefully submitting a transaction that is valid for height H+1 but invalid for H+2 and then mining that transaction in a block at height H+2, a miner could cause vulnerable Zebra nodes to accept an invalid block, leading to a consensus split from the rest of the Zcash network. This vulnerability is fixed in zebrad version 4.3.1 and zebra-consensus version 5.0.2.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

ZcashFoundation zebrad

  • < 4.3.1affected

ZcashFoundation zebra-consensus

  • < 5.0.2affected

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