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CVE-2026-44462HIGH
zed-industries zed — Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Bash Variable Expansion Chain in Terminal Tool Permissions
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    8.8   .0044   36.7     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  zed      < 0.229.0 –  —
TIMELINE
  May 6   Reserved by GitHub_M
  May 28  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44462 (zed-industries zed). Public exploit reference added.
  May 28  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
CWE-184 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 1 reference · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
May 6, 2026ReservedReserved by GitHub_M
May 28, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44462 (zed-industries zed). Public exploit reference added.
May 28, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: GitHub_M)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
zed-industrieszed< 0.229.0

Weaknesses

CWE-184

References (1)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44462 at cve.org

Vendors: zed-industries

Weaknesses: CWE-184

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-44462 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.