Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting zebrad package, versions <4.5.0
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- published3 Jul 2026
- disclosed2 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Jul 2026
NewCVE-2026-52734 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
Upgrade zebrad to version 4.5.0 or higher.
Overview
zebrad is a The Zcash Foundation's independent, consensus-compatible implementation of a Zcash node
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime through the mempool process. An attacker can cause unbounded memory consumption by continuously sending transactions that time out during verification, leading to eventual process termination due to out-of-memory conditions.