---
id: CVE-2026-52737
title: ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust
summary: >-
  ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to 4.5.0, a malicious
  unauthenticated P2P peer can answer Zebra's outbound getblocks or FindBlocks
  request with a small two-hash inventory and then serve a syntactically valid
  block w…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-345
vendor: zebra-consensus
product: zebra-consensus
affected:
  - zebra-consensus <= 6.0.0
  - zebrad <= 4.4.1
patched:
  - zebra-consensus 7.0.0
  - zebrad 4.5.0
published: '2026-08-18'
updated: '2026-09-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-09T21:13:25.910'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52737'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/commit/1440b43ca7df59aca948090d45117557b217a6cd
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/commit/bc64dfe45746a86d14546a0a5a766387dd5a2942
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/10647'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v4.5.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-gvjc-3w7c-92jx
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvjc-3w7c-92jx'
tags:
  - nvd
  - ghsa
  - rust
epss: 0.00262
epssPercentile: 0.1611
ecosystem: rust
ingestedAt: '2026-07-02T20:42:45.867Z'
---

## Overview

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to 4.5.0, a malicious unauthenticated P2P peer can answer Zebra's outbound getblocks or FindBlocks request with a small two-hash inventory and then serve a syntactically valid block whose coinbase height is far above the local chain tip. In zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs, BlockDownloadVerifyError::AboveLookaheadHeightLimit originally carried only the block height and hash, so handle_block_response could not attribute the failure to the advertising peer. The error then reached the restart-worthy default path in zebrad/src/components/sync.rs, cancelling all in-flight downloads from honest peers and imposing a 67-second sync restart delay on mainnet. Because the peer was neither scored nor disconnected, the peer could repeat the cycle indefinitely with minimal bandwidth and significantly degrade synchronization without corrupting state. This issue is fixed in version 4.5.0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-52737)

Affected packages:

- `zebra-consensus <= 6.0.0`
- `zebrad <= 4.4.1`

Patched in:

- `zebra-consensus 7.0.0`
- `zebrad 4.5.0`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvjc-3w7c-92jx