CVE-2026-44463
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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affected products (2)
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references (5)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-44463cnnvd
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-c3g6-c3ff-69cgcnnvd
- https://zed.dev/downloadPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-c3g6-c3ff-69cgenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-c3g6-c3ff-69cgExploitVendor Advisorynvd
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