ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to version 4.4.0, Zebra's block validator undercounts transparent signature operations against the 20000-sigop block limit (MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS), allowing it to accept blocks that zcashd rejects with bad-blk-sigops. A miner who produces such a block can split the network: Zebra nodes follow the offending chain while zcashd nodes do not. This issue has been patched in version 4.4.0.
History

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First Time appeared Zfnd
Zfnd zebrad
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebrad:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Vendors & Products Zfnd
Zfnd zebrad
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}


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Description ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to version 4.4.0, Zebra's block validator undercounts transparent signature operations against the 20000-sigop block limit (MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS), allowing it to accept blocks that zcashd rejects with bad-blk-sigops. A miner who produces such a block can split the network: Zebra nodes follow the offending chain while zcashd nodes do not. This issue has been patched in version 4.4.0.
Title ZEBRA: Block Validator Undercounts Coinbase and P2SH Sigops
Weaknesses CWE-682
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T15:09:09.919Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-44498

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-08T15:17:01.637

Modified: 2026-05-08T18:40:55.383

Link: CVE-2026-44498

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Updated: 2026-05-08T19:15:14Z