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CVE-2026-44463: Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variable Injection in Terminal Tool Permissions
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2026-05-28 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-78
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.
Affected products
- zed-industries zed: before 0.229.0 — fixed in 0.229.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: zed-industries zed 0.229.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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