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

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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:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-44463

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No data.

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Status : Undergoing Analysis

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

Modified: 2026-05-28T18:55:06.837

Link: CVE-2026-44463

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-05-28T19:00:16Z