Zebra (zebrad) before 6.2.1 contains an asymmetric resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to stall block verification by pushing V6 mempool transactions with invalid Halo2 proofs. Attackers can flood the shared unprioritized Halo2 verification queue with zero-fee transactions carrying zero-filled Orchard and Ironwood proofs, causing nodes to fall behind the chain tip.
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Description Zebra (zebrad) before 6.2.1 contains an asymmetric resource consumption vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to stall block verification by pushing V6 mempool transactions with invalid Halo2 proofs. Attackers can flood the shared unprioritized Halo2 verification queue with zero-fee transactions carrying zero-filled Orchard and Ironwood proofs, causing nodes to fall behind the chain tip.
Title Zebra before 6.2.1 Denial of Service via Uncapped V6 Shielded Proof Verification
First Time appeared Zfnd
Zfnd zebra
Weaknesses CWE-405
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Zfnd
Zfnd zebra
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, '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:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T11:38:05.140Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T00:46:23.830Z

Link: CVE-2026-104423

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-02T12:17:12.433

Modified: 2026-10-02T12:17:12.433

Link: CVE-2026-104423

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Updated: 2026-10-02T14:00:18Z

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