{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.4.0"
              }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "589d64b9b7ea6ab4c32ecab41ba6b74f26907940"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/zcashfoundation/zebra",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-h9hm-m2xj-4rq9"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44499.json"
  },
  "details": "ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to version 4.4.0, a composite denial-of-service vulnerability in Zebra's block discovery pipeline allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to permanently halt all new block discovery on a targeted node. The attack exploits three independent weaknesses in the gossip, syncer, and download subsystems — all exercisable from a single TCP connection — to create a monotonically growing block deficit that never self-heals. This issue has been patched in version 4.4.0.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-44499",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T01:49:16.103490020Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T15:11:24.837Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44499.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-h9hm-m2xj-4rq9"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44499"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ZEBRA: Permanent Block Discovery Halt via Gossip Queue Saturation and Syncer Poisoning"
}