CVE-2026-44462

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-44462?

Upgrade zed to 0.229.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-44462 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-44462 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.44% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-44462?

CVE-2026-44462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-44462 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for zed (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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 fixed in 0.229.0.

CWE-184

How to fix

Remediation Available

zedNVD

Affected:< 0.229.0Fixed in:0.229.0CVE-2026-44462derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

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CVE-2024-5217	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
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CVE-2017-7525	Critical	9.8	38%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-5178	Medium	4.9	34%	-	-
CVE-2018-7489	Critical	9.8	20%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-6383	High	8.8	13%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-44462?

Upgrade zed to 0.229.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-44462 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-44462 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.44% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-44462?

CVE-2026-44462 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-44462 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for zed (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-03.