zebrad vulnerable to full node denial of service via crafted Sapling receiver in z_listunifiedreceivers
zebrad vulnerable to full node denial of service via crafted Sapling receiver in z_listunifiedreceivers. You are affected if: 1. You run zebrad up to and including v4.4.1. 2. Your zebrad.toml sets rpc.listenaddr to a TCP address (RPC server is enabled). 3. An attacker can authenticate to the RPC endpoint.
Vuln-watch · relayed from the GitHub Advisory Database; see Source & attribution below
Summary
You are affected if: 1. You run zebrad up to and including v4.4.1. 2. Your zebrad.toml sets rpc.listenaddr to a TCP address (RPC server is enabled). 3. An attacker can authenticate to the RPC endpoint.
Affected
- zebra-rpc (rust) <= 7.0.0 — fixed in 8.0.0
- zebrad (rust) <= 4.4.1 — fixed in 4.5.0
Severity
Medium, as rated by the upstream advisory.
Recommended actions
- Upgrade zebra-rpc to 8.0.0 or later
- Upgrade zebrad to 4.5.0 or later
Source & attribution
This 0xCERT advisory summarises GHSA-c8w6-x74f-vmg3 from the GitHub Advisory Database, credited upstream to robustfengbin, mpguerra, upbqdn: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c8w6-x74f-vmg3. Details may change; refer to the original source for the authoritative record.
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c8w6-x74f-vmg3
- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-c8w6-x74f-vmg3
- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/d4cd662c716382f6397d2a730148025a1ca79fec/Cargo.toml#L305
- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/d4cd662c716382f6397d2a730148025a1ca79fec/zebra-rpc/src/methods.rs#L2867-L2914
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Published 2026-07-02 · last updated 2026-10-08
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