VDB-366810 · CVE-2026-44466 · GHSA-c99f-97vf-4h5h

zed-industries zed up to 0.228.x os command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in zed-industries zed up to 0.228.x. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-44466. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in zed-industries zed up to 0.228.x. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on 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 arithmetic expansion $((...)), allowing execution of arbitrary commands nested inside an allowlisted command like echo. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.229.0.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-44466 since 05/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 317952 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44466), 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 (317952). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

zed-industries

Name

Version

0.228

Website

Product: https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/

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CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.6
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Os command injection
CWE: CWE-78 / CWE-77 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 317952
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-44466

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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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-c99f-97vf-4h5h
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44466 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44466
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-366810

Entryinfo

Created: 05/28/2026 20:05
Updated: 06/01/2026 07:37
Changes: 05/28/2026 20:05 (64), 06/01/2026 07:37 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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