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.
History

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zed
Zed zed
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:zed:zed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Zed
Zed zed

Fri, 29 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 28 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Zed-industries
Zed-industries zed
Vendors & Products Zed-industries
Zed-industries zed

Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variable Injection in Terminal Tool Permissions
Weaknesses CWE-184
CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-05-28T16:15:13.826Z

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:15:34.090Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T15:49:25.193Z

Link: CVE-2026-44463

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:15:31.234Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-28T17:16:29.810

Modified: 2026-06-03T01:11:27.753

Link: CVE-2026-44463

cve-icon Redhat

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