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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Fri, 29 May 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:15:34.090Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-44463

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:15:31.234Z

cve-icon NVD

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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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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

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