CVE-2026-41583

ZEBRA: Consensus Divergence in Transparent Sighash Hash-Type Handling

State
Published
Severity
9.3 Critical
Published
May 8, 2026
Updated
May 8, 2026
Reserved
Apr 21, 2026

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Description

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.3.1 and prior to zebra-script version 5.0.2, after a refactoring, Zebra failed to validate a consensus rule that restricted the possible values of sighash hash types for V5 transactions which were enabled in the NU5 network upgrade. Zebra nodes could thus accept and eventually mine a block that would be considered invalid by zcashd nodes, creating a consensus split between Zebra and zcashd nodes. In a similar vein, for V4 transactions, Zebra mistakenly used the "canonical" hash type when computing the sighash while zcashd (correctly per the spec) uses the raw value, which could also crate a consensus split. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.3.1 and zebra-script version 5.0.2.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.09.3 CriticalCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-573 Improper Following of Specification by Caller

Affected Products

ProductVersions
zebraZcashFoundation
  • zebrad < 4.3.1Affected
  • zebra-script < 5.0.2Affected

References

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