What is CVE-2026-27976?

CVE-2026-27976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zed-industries Zed, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-27976?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zed-industries Zed

CVE-2026-27976

Zed, a code editor, has an extension installer allows tar/gzip downloads. Prior to version 0.224.4, the tar extractor (`async_tar::Archive::unpack`) creates symlinks from the archive without validation, and the path guard (`writeable_path_…

EPSS: 0.001 (28.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Zed-industries Zed — versions < 0.224.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61 — UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

References

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-59p4-3mhm-qm3r (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-27976?: CVE-2026-27976 is a high-severity vulnerability in Zed-industries Zed, classified under UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-27976?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.