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CVE-2026-44466HIGH
zed-industries zed — Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Bash Arithmetic Expansion in Terminal Tool Permissions
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  C  H  H  H    8.6   .0023   14.3     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions     Fixed
  zed      < 0.229.0 –  —
TIMELINE
  May 6   Reserved by GitHub_M
  May 28  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44466 (zed-industries zed). Public exploit reference added.
  May 28  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
CWE-78 · 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 arithmetic expansion $((...)), allowing execution of arbitrary commands nested inside an allowlisted command like echo. 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-2026-44466 (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-78

References (1)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44466 at cve.org

Vendors: zed-industries

Weaknesses: CWE-78

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