UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44461

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44461
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44461.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44461
Upstream
Published
2026-05-28T17:16:00Z
Modified
2026-08-17T19:15:38Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.227.1, Zed builds SSH/WSL remote commands as a shell command string that starts with exec env ..., but environment variable keys are inserted without shell quoting or validation. If an attacker can control an environment variable key (for example via project terminal settings), shell expansions in the key (such as $(...)) are evaluated by the remote shell when a terminal is opened. This can lead to arbitrary command execution on the remote host under the victim user's account. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.227.1.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:25.10 / zed

Package

Name
zed
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/zed?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.3-1build4
3.2.3-1build5
3.2.3-1build6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libzed-ocaml",
            "binary_version": "3.2.3-1build6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44461.json"