What is CVE-2026-44462?

CVE-2026-44462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zed, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-44462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Zed

CVE-2026-44462

Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed via bash variable expansion chaining (${var@P}), allowing arbitrary command execution under an allowlisted command prefix. This vulnerability is…

EPSS: 0.001 (22.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Zed
Zed-industries Zed — versions < 0.229.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-184 — Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44462?: CVE-2026-44462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zed, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-44462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.