CVE-2026-44463

Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed by prepending environment variable assignments to allowlisted commands, hijacking program behavior (e.g., PAGER) to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.229.0.

CVSS v3 8.6 HIGH

8.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-c3g6-c3ff-69cg	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-2026-44463

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44463

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44463

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Products Affected

zed

zed

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-184

Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

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