CVE-2026-44462

Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed via bash variable expansion chaining (${var@P}), allowing arbitrary command execution under an allowlisted command prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.229.0.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-rqq3-p6x4-q866	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:zed:zed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-28 17:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:50

NVD link : CVE-2026-44462

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44462

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44462

JSON object : View

Products Affected

zed

zed

CWE

CWE-184

Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

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