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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L N R C H H H 8.6 .0026 17.6 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed zed < 0.227.1 – —
TIMELINE May 6 Reserved by GitHub_M May 28 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44461 (zed-industries zed). Public exploit reference added. May 28 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.227.1, Zed builds SSH/WSL remote commands as a shell command string that starts with exec env ..., but environment variable keys are inserted without shell quoting or validation. If an attacker can control an environment variable key (for example via project terminal settings), shell expansions in the key (such as $(...)) are evaluated by the remote shell when a terminal is opened. This can lead to arbitrary command execution on the remote host under the victim user's account. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.227.1.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| May 28, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44461 (zed-industries zed). Public exploit reference added. |
| May 28, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zed-industries | zed | — | < 0.227.1 | — |
Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44461 at cve.org
Vendors: zed-industries
Weaknesses: CWE-78
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