Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
The zebrad crate before 4.3.0 and zebra-chain before 6.0.1 panic on certain malformed V5 transactions. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can crash a node with one crafted transaction sent over P2P or through the sendrawtransaction RPC method. Upgrade zebrad to 4.3.0 and zebra-chain to 6.0.1; if that is not possible, keep the RPC port off the public Internet.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.2 | Critical | 4.0 | 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 | CNA (GitHub_M) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0079, the 56th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-qp6f-w4r3-h8wg
- OSV: GHSA-qp6f-w4r3-h8wg
- github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-qp6f-w4r3-h8wg
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34202
- github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra
- github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v4.3.0
- zfnd.org/zebra-4-3-0-critical-security-fixes-zip-235-support-and-performance-improvements