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.
CVE-2026-44462
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 65% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 35.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 28, 2026
Last Modified
June 3, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated May 29, 2026Allowlist Bypass via Bash Variable Expansion Chain in Terminal Tool Permissions · Advisory · zed-industries/zed · GitHub
Affected: v0.229.0.
https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-rqq3-p6x4-q866Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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- 2026-06-08 23:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
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