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Zebra 4.5.0 before 7.0.0 Honest Peer Ban via Mempool Lock-Time Scoring

6.9MediumCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
Fixed in 7.0.0
Who is exposed
Not reported

Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 7.0.0.

Published
Last modified
0.30% · 23rd percentile
24/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

ZcashFoundation Zebra from 4.5.0 before 7.0.0 contains a protection mechanism failure that bans honest peers by scoring mempool lock-time rejections at the ban threshold. Attackers can broadcast transactions locked until the current height right after each block, causing lagging nodes to ban honest relaying peers for 24 hours or until restart.

cve.now Index

24Pcve.now Index 24 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity6.9/10CVSS 6.9
  • No patch0/5No signal

What would change the score

  • Would score about 69 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 64 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 29 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

What to do

  • Upgrade to a fixed version: 7.0.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • ZcashFoundation zebra

    From 4.5.0 · fixed in 7.0.0

Evidence 2

  1. Advisory
  2. Link

Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-123556

Is CVE-2026-123556 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123556?

zebra: from 4.5.0 before 7.0.0.Source: cve.now feed data

How do I fix CVE-2026-123556?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 7.0.0.Source: cve.now feed data