Zcash has patched a major vulnerability that would have allowed bad actors to drain funds from the protocol's deprecated Sprout shielded pool.
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Security researchers have uncovered and resolved a critical vulnerability in Zcash nodes that could have enabled malicious miners to siphon over 25,000 ZEC approximately $6.5 million from the networks legacy Sprout shielded pool. The flaw was responsibly disclosed and patched before any exploitation occurred, leaving all user funds intact.
A critical vulnerability in Zcash node software could have allowed attackers to drain millions of dollars of ZEC from a deprecated shielded pool.
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