Zebra before 6.1.0 contains an incorrect calculation vulnerability in its ZIP-317 block template selector that omits header and transaction-count size from the block budget. Attackers can place valid selectable transactions in a victim miner's mempool to shape templates into oversized blocks, causing rejection and wasted proof-of-work.

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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zcashfoundation
Zcashfoundation zebra
Vendors & Products Zcashfoundation
Zcashfoundation zebra

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Description Zebra before 6.1.0 contains an incorrect calculation vulnerability in its ZIP-317 block template selector that omits header and transaction-count size from the block budget. Attackers can place valid selectable transactions in a victim miner's mempool to shape templates into oversized blocks, causing rejection and wasted proof-of-work.
Title Zebra before 6.1.0 Incorrect Block Size Calculation in getblocktemplate
First Time appeared Zfnd
Zfnd zebra
Weaknesses CWE-131
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zfnd:zebra:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Zfnd
Zfnd zebra
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T11:38:05.827Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T00:46:23.830Z

Link: CVE-2026-104424

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-02T12:17:12.580

Modified: 2026-10-02T17:59:09.430

Link: CVE-2026-104424

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T15:45:18Z

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