# CVE-2026-44497: ZEBRA: Consensus Divergence in Transparent Sighash Hash-Type Handling due to Stale Buffer

- Also known as: GHSA-GQ4H-3GRW-2RHV
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.0, 4.4.0
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-08

## Affected

- ZcashFoundation zebra: zebra-script \< 6.0.0, zebrad \< 4.4.0
- zebra-script (crates.io): fixed in 6.0.0
- zebrad (crates.io): fixed in 4.4.0

## Description

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to zebrad version 4.4.0 and prior to zebra-script version 6.0.0, the fix for CVE-2026-41583 introduced a separate issue due to insufficient error handling of the case where the sighash type is invalid, during sighash computation. Instead of returning an error, the normal flow would resume, and the input sighash buffer would be left untouched. In scenarios where a previous signature validation could leave a valid sighash in the buffer, an invalid hash-type could be incorrectly accepted, which would create a consensus split between Zebra and zcashd nodes. This issue has been patched in zebrad version 4.4.0 and zebra-script version 6.0.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ZcashFoundation zebra, zebra-script, zebrad, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.0, 4.4.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-gq4h-3grw-2rhv

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