ZcashFoundation Zebra Consensus Rule Enforcement input validation
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ZcashFoundation Zebra. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Consensus Rule Enforcement. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-104435. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ZcashFoundation Zebra (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Consensus Rule Enforcement. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Zebra zebrad 4.4.0 and zebra-script 6.0.0 fail to enforce a ZIP-244 consensus rule, accepting V5 transparent inputs signed with SIGHASH_SINGLE that lack a corresponding output. Attackers can broadcast crafted V5 transactions with more inputs than outputs that Zebra accepts but zcashd rejects, causing a network consensus split.
The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-104435 since 10/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/02/2026).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Vendor
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8
VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.4
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/02/2026 Advisory disclosed10/02/2026 CVE reserved
10/02/2026 VulDB entry created
10/02/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-104435 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-104435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-413084
Entry
Created: 10/02/2026 14:15Changes: 10/02/2026 14:15 (73)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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