---
id: 1727
title: "Specialized Zero-Knowledge Proof failures"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/11/29/specialized-zero-knowledge-proof-failures/"
published_at: "2022-11-29T12:30:56Z"
tags: ["cryptography", "vulnerability-disclosure", "blockchain", "zero-knowledge"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1727"
lang: en
---

# Specialized Zero-Knowledge Proof failures

## Summary

Trail of Bits discloses two bugs in special-purpose zero-knowledge proof code that let attackers "prove" impossible statements — producing invalid group signatures that could enable denial-of-service attacks against threshold-signature blockchains like THORChain and Binance.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2022-11-29T12:30:56Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2022/11/29/specialized-zero-knowledge-proof-failures/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1727