CVE-2026-52738

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.96.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.9 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 70% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
6.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to 4.5.0, a consensus-valid block containing a long chain of transparent self-spends to one address can permanently halt Zebra nodes. In zebra-state/src/service/finalized_state/zebra_db/transparent.rs, the finalized-state writer originally applied every newly created output as a credit before applying any spent-output debit from the same block. That credit-first ordering can make the intermediate per-address balance exceed MAX_MONEY even though the final net balance is valid, causing an expect-based panic under the panic equals abort release profile. Because zcashd accepts the triggering block and Zebra encounters it again after every restart, the halt persists until patched software is deployed; exploitation requires mining the specially constructed block and temporarily committing sufficient ZEC to the self-spend chain. This issue is fixed in version 4.5.0.

CVSS v3
6.9
EG Score
6.9(medium)
EG Risk
31(Track)
EG Risk 31/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity69% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
30%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 18, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release, github.
github Patch Available

Finalized address balance credit-first overflow on consensus-valid blocks · Advisory · ZcashFoundation/zebra · GitHub

https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/security/advisories/GHSA-w834-cf6p-9m9w
github_release Patch Available

Zebra 4.5.0

Patch available: ZcashFoundation/zebra v4.5.0

https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v4.5.0
github_commit Patch Available

commit 1440b43ca7df (ZcashFoundation/zebra)

Patch available: ZcashFoundation/zebra v4.5.0 (contains commit 1440b43ca7df)

https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/commit/1440b43ca7df59aca948090d45117557b217a6cd

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-52738(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
crates.io(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
zebrad—4.5.0—
zebra-state—7.0.0—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-24 20:55 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-23 19:14 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-22 19:24 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-21 17:15 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-20 16:16 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-19 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 15:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-18 20:25 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-18 19:29 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.90
  15. 2026-08-18 19:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.9 · CVSS v4 → 6.9
  16. 2026-08-01 20:51 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-26 13:02 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-23 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-02 20:07 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-52738?
CVE-2026-52738 is a medium vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. ZEBRA is a Zcash node written entirely in Rust. Prior to 4.5.0, a consensus-valid block containing a long chain of transparent self-spends to one address can permanently halt Zebra nodes. In zebra-state/src/service/finalizedstate/zebradb/transparent.rs, the finalized-state writer originally applied…
When was CVE-2026-52738 disclosed?
CVE-2026-52738 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026, with the most recent update on August 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-52738 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-52738 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 70.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-52738?
CVE-2026-52738 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-52738?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-52738, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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