What is CVE-2025-68433?

CVE-2025-68433 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zed, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2025-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2025-68433?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

RCE in Zed

CVE-2025-68433

Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. The Zed IDE loads Model Context Protocol (MCP) configurations from the `settings.json` file located within a project’s `.zed` subdirectory…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zed
Zed-industries Zed — versions < 0.218.2-pre

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-68433?: CVE-2025-68433 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zed, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2025-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-68433?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.