OS Command Injection in Zed (CVE-2026-44465)
Summary
OS command injection in Zed (CVE-2026-44465). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.227.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.227.1, Zed IDE executes arbitrary commands when opening a folder with a malicious .git/config file that abuses the core.fsmonitor Git configuration option. This allows an attacker to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) when a victim open a folder in untrusted mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.227.1.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-44465 has been found in Zed.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.6/10.
What to do: upgrade Zed to 0.227.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Zed CVE-2026-44465" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-44465 (Zed) — CWE-78 / CVSS v3 8.6
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Patched: 0.227.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
OS command injection (CWE-78) exists in Zed.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Zed.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.6/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 0.227.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Zed' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Zed' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Zedを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Zed to 0.227.1ステージング環境で 0.227.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44465 zed
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov