Zebra before 6.3.0 Block Sync Denial of Service via Coinbase scriptSig Rewrite
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.
Summary
The block sync download path in Zebra (zebrad) before 6.3.0 reads a block's height from its unvalidated coinbase scriptSig and drops blocks that appear too far behind the tip before consensus validation, without penalizing the supplying peer. Because V5 transaction IDs exclude the scriptSig, a malicious peer can repeatedly serve a canonical block whose coinbase claims height 1 while keeping the requested hash, delaying the node's discovery of the newest block.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZcashFoundation | zebra | before 6.3.0 | 6.3.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- zebra VendorZcashFoundation Affected before 6.3.0 Fixed in 6.3.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA zebra (ZcashFoundation) Fixed in 6.3.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
ZcashFoundation zebra 6.3.0
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-66075 Zebra before 6.3.0 False Readiness via Discarded One-Hash FindBlocks ResponsePriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-66063 Zebra before 6.3.0 Peer Misbehavior Ban Bypass via Gossiped BlocksPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-66062 Zebra before 6.3.0 Honest Peer Banning via Far-Ahead FindBlocks HashesPriority LOW 27
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104422
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3qff-7hrr-r4g7
References
More ZcashFoundation vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-66079 Zebra before 4.4.0 Consensus Split via SIGHASH_SINGLE Missing-Output Handling CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-37850 ZEBRA: Mempool transaction admission denial via single-peer inbound queue saturation CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-71182 Improper block validation in Zebra gossip lets peers drop new blocks CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-29537 Zebra: addr/addrv2 Deserialization Resource Exhaustion CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-30136 ZEBRA: Consensus Divergence in Transparent Sighash Hash-Type Handling CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-37853 ZEBRA: Consensus divergence via P2SH sigop undercount in pure-Rust disabled-opcode parser CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-104422 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104422 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3qff-7hrr-r4g7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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