zed-industries zed up to 0.228.x incomplete blacklist

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in zed-industries zed up to 0.228.x. This affects an unknown part. Executing a manipulation can lead to incomplete blacklist. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-44462. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in zed-industries zed up to 0.228.x and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incomplete blacklist vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-184. The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are not allowed by policy or otherwise require other action to neutralize before additional processing takes place, but the list is incomplete, leading to resultant weaknesses. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-44462 since 05/06/2026. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1562.006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 317998 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44462), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.229.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (317998). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incomplete blacklist
CWE: CWE-184 / CWE-183 / CWE-20
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 317998
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44462

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: zed 0.229.0

Timelineinfo

05/06/2026 CVE reserved
05/28/2026 +22 days Advisory disclosed
05/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/01/2026 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-rqq3-p6x4-q866
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44462 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-366808

Entryinfo

Created: 05/28/2026 20:05
Updated: 06/01/2026 06:27
Changes: 05/28/2026 20:05 (64), 06/01/2026 06:27 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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