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CVE-2026-52734: zebrad has unbounded memory leak in mempool download pipeline via timeout path cancel_handles retention

July 2, 2026

The mempool download pipeline’s cancel_handles map retains entries for transactions whose verification times out at the outer RATE_LIMIT_DELAY (73-second) boundary. The tokio::time::error::Elapsed error carries no payload, so the transaction ID is unrecoverable and the corresponding cancel_handles entry (including the full Gossip::Tx(UnminedTx), up to ~2 MB) is never removed. Entries accumulate monotonically with no upper bound or garbage collection, leading to eventual out-of-memory process termination.

References

  • github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/d4cd662c716382f6397d2a730148025a1ca79fec/zebrad/src/components/mempool.rs
  • github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/d4cd662c716382f6397d2a730148025a1ca79fec/zebrad/src/components/mempool/downloads.rs
  • github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-65jj-fmw8-468q
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-65jj-fmw8-468q
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52734

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.5.0

Fixed versions

  • 4.5.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.5.0 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Source file

cargo/zebrad/CVE-2026-52734.yml

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