CVE-2026-44463

HIGH

CVSS v3.1: 8.6 · EPSS: 0.0003 (9.2 percentile)

No privilegesOS Command InjectionVendor advisory ref

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At a glance

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.6 v3.1 · NVD
EPSS
0.0003 (9.2 percentile) · FIRST.org
CISA KEV
No
Type
OS Command Injection · NVD CWE
Attack conditions (CVSS vector)
No privileges · Source: NVD Vector
Affected vendors
zed
Published
2026-05-28 · Modified: 2026-06-03

CVSS / EPSS / KEV

CVSS v3.1 8.6 / 10 HIGH Source: NVD
EPSS 0.0003 9.2 percentile Source: FIRST.org
CISA KEV No Source: CISA

Source — CVSS: NVD · EPSS: FIRST.org · KEV: CISA. Data & Sources

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.

Record details

CVE ID
CVE-2026-44463
CVSS (v3.1)
8.6 (HIGH)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability subscore
1.8
Impact subscore
6.0
EPSS
0.0003 (9.2 percentile) — 2026-06-03
CISA KEV
No
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78, CWE-184
Affected vendors
zed
Affected configurations (CPE)
1
Published
2026-05-28
Modified
2026-06-03
Status
Analyzed

References

Reference URLs as listed by NVD, grouped by a mechanical match on the link's host/pattern. Labels describe the link type only.