CVE-2026-44498: Zebra's Block Validator Undercounts Coinbase and P2SH Sigops

May 7, 2026

Zebra’s block validator undercounts transparent signature operations against the 20000-sigop block limit (MAX_BLOCK_SIGOPS), allowing it to accept blocks that zcashd rejects with bad-blk-sigops. A miner who produces such a block can split the network: Zebra nodes follow the offending chain while zcashd nodes do not.

Two distinct undercounts:

References

github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra
github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v4.4.0
github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-jv4h-j224-23cc
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jv4h-j224-23cc
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44498

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