# CVE-2026-52735: ZEBRA: Consensus divergence via P2SH sigop undercount in pure-Rust disabled-opcode parser

- Also known as: GHSA-GF9R-M956-97QX
- 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:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5.0, 7.0.0
- Published: 2026-08-18 · Updated: 2026-08-18

## Affected

- ZcashFoundation zebra: fixed in 4.5.0
- zebra-script (crates.io): fixed in 7.0.0
- zebrad (crates.io): fixed in 4.5.0

## Description

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to 4.5.0, Zebra can accept a block that zcashd rejects because the P2SH signature-operation counter undercounts redeem scripts containing a disabled opcode followed by signature opcodes. In zebra-script/src/lib.rs, p2sh_input_sigop_count used the pure-Rust script::Code::sig_op_count path, whose try_fold parser stops at disabled opcodes such as OP_CODESEPARATOR and returns only the partial count accumulated before the error. The zcashd reference implementation continues static signature-operation counting through disabled opcodes, so an attacker can broadcast P2SH spends that Zebra counts below MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS while zcashd counts above the 20,000-operation limit. If a Zebra miner includes those transactions, Zebra validators accept the block while zcashd validators reject it, creating a consensus chain split that affects network integrity and availability without requiring the attacker to produce a block. This issue is fixed in version 4.5.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ZcashFoundation zebra, zebra-script, zebrad, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5.0, 7.0.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-gf9r-m956-97qx
- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/commit/1440b43ca7df59aca948090d45117557b217a6cd
- https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v4.5.0

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