Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-41584

Critical

Published: 08 May 2026

Published
08 May 2026
Modified
08 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 9.2 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0027 18.5th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-41584 is a critical-severity Reachable Assertion (CWE-617) vulnerability in Zfnd Zebra-Chain. Its CVSS base score is 9.2 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 18.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

Crafted transaction over network triggers panic/crash in public Zcash node (T1190); directly enables application-layer DoS via exploitation (T1499.004).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-40881Same product: Zfnd Zebrad
CVE-2026-44497Same product: Zfnd Zebrad
CVE-2026-37227Shared CWE-617
CVE-2023-37019Shared CWE-617
CVE-2023-37020Shared CWE-617
CVE-2023-37013Shared CWE-617

Affected Assets

zfnd
zebra-chain
≤ 6.0.2
zfnd
zebrad
≤ 4.3.1

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References