What is CVE-2026-27800?

CVE-2026-27800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zed-industries Zed, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-27800?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Zed-industries Zed

CVE-2026-27800

Zed, a code editor, has a Zip Slip (Path Traversal) vulnerability exists in its extension archive extraction functionality prior to version 0.224.4. The `extract_zip()` function in `crates/util/src/archive.rs` fails to validate ZIP entry f…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (20.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Zed-industries Zed — versions < 0.224.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-v385-xh3h-rrfr (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-27800?: CVE-2026-27800 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zed-industries Zed, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-27800?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.