Is CVE-2026-44465 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-44465 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-44465?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.6, published 28 May 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Zed Industries Zed IDE < 0.227.1.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-44465?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-44465 attacked?

It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-44465?

Check whether you run Zed Industries Zed IDE at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-44465: Zed IDE remote code execution via malicious git configuration

Q: Is there a fix for CVE-2026-44465?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

Q: How is CVE-2026-44465 attacked?

It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.

Q: Am I affected by CVE-2026-44465?

Check whether you run Zed Industries Zed IDE at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-44465 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.6 · Published 2026-05-28

Zed is a high-performance code editor used by developers to manage and edit software projects. A security flaw allows a malicious actor to execute unauthorized commands on a user's computer if the user opens a specially crafted project folder. This could lead to a full system compromise, data theft, or the installation of malware, even if the user opens the folder in 'untrusted' mode.

Vendors: Zed Industries.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-44465 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-44465 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-44465?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.6, published 28 May 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Zed Industries Zed IDE < 0.227.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-44465?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-44465 attacked?: It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-44465?: Check whether you run Zed Industries Zed IDE at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

Zed IDE fails to properly sanitize or restrict Git configuration options when opening a repository, even in untrusted mode. Specifically, the editor invokes Git operations that respect the 'core.fsmonitor' setting within a local .git/config file. This setting allows for the execution of an arbitrary shell command to track file changes. An attacker can distribute a poisoned repository that, when opened in Zed, executes arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78) and is resolved in version 0.227.1.

Affected products

Zed Industries Zed IDE < 0.227.1

Timeline

2026-05-08: advisory: GitHub advisory published by Zed Industries
2026-05-28: disclosed: CVE-2026-44465 published to NVD

References

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-fj2r-rmw6-h222

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