CVE-2026-44463 (GCVE-0-2026-44463)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 16:15 – Updated: 2026-05-29 15:15
VLAI
Title
Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variable Injection in Terminal Tool Permissions
Summary
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.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-184 - Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zed-industries zed Affected: < 0.229.0
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