Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1 allows attackers to trigger consensus failure…
Priority LOW 35CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1 allows attackers to trigger consensus failure and double spending. A valid chain could be incorrectly rejected because timestamp requirements on block headers were not properly enforced.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01039 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:electriccoin:zcashd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2.1.1 | Vulnerable | Electriccoin |
- cpe:2.3:a:electriccoin:zcashd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·Electriccoin
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8806
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mrf7-f24r-vmc7
References
More Electriccoin Zcashd vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-07065 In Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1, the time offset between messages could be… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-8806 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-8806 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mrf7-f24r-vmc7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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