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CVE-2026-44466highCWE-78

Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Bash Arithmetic Expansion in Terminal Tool Permissions

21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.6epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 86% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
zed-industries · zed