Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variable Injection in Terminal Tool Permissions_CVE-2026-44463

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    "description": "Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed by prepending environment variable assignments to allowlisted commands, hijacking program behavior (e.g., PAGER) to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.229.0.",
    "published": "2026-05-28T16:15:13.826Z",
    "modified": "2026-05-28T16:15:13.826Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Zed: Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variable Injection in Terminal Tool Permissions",
    "source": "GitHub_M",
    "references": "https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-c3g6-c3ff-69cg",
    "id": "CVE-2026-44463",
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    "sourceData": "zed-industries zed < 0.229.0",
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        "version": "3.1"
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    "version": "< 0.229.0",
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    "ai_description": "Allowlist bypass via environment variable injection in terminal tool permissions, allowing arbitrary code execution",
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