CVE-2026-123560 Zebra before 7.0.0 Sync Denial of Service via Forged Checkpoint Block Body
High 8.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-123560 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-123560 is a high-severity vulnerability in ZcashFoundation zebra, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123560 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: ZcashFoundation zebra. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123560/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-123560/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-123560?
CVE-2026-123560 is a high-severity vulnerability in ZcashFoundation zebra, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Official description
Zebra before 7.0.0 contains an incomplete cleanup vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to stall initial sync by serving a forged checkpoint block body. Attackers can supply a body with forged authorizing data near the final checkpoint, leaving rejected hashes in the sent-hash set so the node stops requesting blocks until restart.
Weakness: CWE-459
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-123560?
How do I fix CVE-2026-123560?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-123560 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-123560 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-123560 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-53c4-wq6g-vxqh, GHSA-9hq5-pfgc-cx5h.