CVE-2026-44463 | BDVDB-2026-336166 Detail

zed-industrieszed

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-05-28Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-05-29Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-05-28
Last modified: 2026-05-29

Vendor information

Vendor: zed-industries
Product: zed

All zed-industries vulnerabilities

Score

8.6 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 14.1.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Command Injection

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 0.229.0
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

8.6 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).