CVE-2026-123555

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10

Last modified

CVE-2026-123555 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Zebra from 2.3.0 before 7.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to evade misbehavior scoring by sending transactions or blocks with invalid transparent scripts. Attackers can flood mempool with script-failing transactions or serve forged v5 block bodies with altered scriptSig bytes to exhaust CPU and repeatedly stall block sync..

Description

Zebra from 2.3.0 before 7.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to evade misbehavior scoring by sending transactions or blocks with invalid transparent scripts. Attackers can flood mempool with script-failing transactions or serve forged v5 block bodies with altered scriptSig bytes to exhaust CPU and repeatedly stall block sync.

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Weakness Enumeration

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Timeline

Published
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Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-123555?
Zebra from 2.3.0 before 7.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated peers to evade misbehavior scoring by sending transactions or blocks with invalid transparent scripts. Attackers can flood mempool with script-failing transactions or serve forged v5 block bodies with altered scriptSig bytes to exhaust CPU and repeatedly stall block sync.
How severe is CVE-2026-123555?
CVE-2026-123555 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity).
How do I fix CVE-2026-123555?
Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST