CVE-2026-41584CWE-617

ZEBRA: rk Identity Point Panic in Transaction Verification

Critical · published May 8, 2026

CVSS v4.0
9.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.3.1 and prior to zebra-chain version 6.0.2, Orchard transactions contain a rk field which is a randomized validating key and also an elliptic curve point. The Zcash specification allows the field to be the identity (a "zero" value), however, the orchard crate which is used to verify Orchard proofs would panic when fed a rk with the identity value. Thus an attacker could send a crafted transaction that would make a Zebra node crash. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.3.1 and zebra-chain version 6.0.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
9.2 · CRITICAL
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00460 · 38.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion
Published
2026-05-08T15:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 15:05Z
    ZEBRA: rk Identity Point Panic in Transaction Verification
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