CVE-2026-44462 (GCVE-0-2026-44462)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 16:13 – Updated: 2026-05-29 15:15
VLAI
Title
Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Bash Variable Expansion Chain in Terminal Tool Permissions
Summary
Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed via bash variable expansion chaining (${var@P}), allowing arbitrary command execution under an allowlisted command prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.229.0.
Severity
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-184 - Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zed-industries zed Affected: < 0.229.0
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