PT-2026-39600 · Canonical+2 · Zed

Lociko · Published 2026-05-11 · Updated 2026-05-28 · CVE-2026-44465

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Zed versions prior to 0.227.1

Description Zed IDE allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) when a user opens a folder in untrusted mode. The issue occurs when a folder contains a malicious .git/config file that abuses the core.fsmonitor Git configuration option, leading to the execution of arbitrary commands.

Recommendations Update to version 0.227.1.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-44465

Affected Products

Zed

References · 6

• 🔥 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-fj2r-rmw6-h222 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44465 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44465 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44465 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/st0pw4r/status/2053741961576661148 · Twitter Post