CVE-2026-44463
Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variable Injection in Terminal Tool Permissions
CVSS Score
8.6
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-184 CWE-78 |
| Vendor | zed-industries |
| Product | zed |
| Published | May 28, 2026 |
| Last Updated | May 29, 2026 |
Stay Ahead of the Next One
Get instant alerts for zed-industries zed
Be the first to know when new high vulnerabilities affecting zed-industries zed are published — delivered to Slack, Telegram or Discord.
Get Free Alerts →
Free · No credit card · 60 sec setup
CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
zed-industries / zed
< 0.229.0