UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44463

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44463
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44463.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44463
Upstream
Published
2026-05-28T17:16:00Z
Modified
2026-08-17T19:15:39Z
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
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

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-2026-44463.json"