CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2025-68433

    CVE-2025-68433

    Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. The Zed IDE loads Model Context Protocol (MCP) configurations from the `settings.json` file located within a project’s `.zed` subdirectory. A malicious MCP configuration can contain arbitrary shell commands that run on the host system with the privileges of the user running the IDE. This can be triggered automatically without any user interaction besides opening the project in the IDE. Version 0.218.2-pre fixes the issue by implementing worktree trust mechanism. As a workaround, users should carefully review the contents of project settings files (`./zed/settings.json`) before opening new projects in Zed.

    Published:Dec 17, 2025
    Last Modified:Feb 19, 2026
    EPS:Dec 17, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00027
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Zed
    Product
    Zed
    Vendor
    Zed-industries
    Product
    Zed

    Exploits

    https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-cv6g-cmxc-vw8j

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-44466 (CVSS 8.6) — Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed via bash arithme…
    CVE-2026-44463 (CVSS 8.6) — Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed by prepending en…
    CVE-2026-44462 (CVSS 6.4) — Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.229.0, Zed's terminal tool permission system can be bypassed via bash variabl…
    CVE-2026-44465 (CVSS 8.6) — Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.227.1, Zed IDE executes arbitrary commands when opening a folder with a malic…
    CVE-2026-44461 (CVSS 8.6) — Zed is a code editor. Prior to 0.227.1, Zed builds SSH/WSL remote commands as a shell command string that star…
    CVE-2026-27976 (CVSS 8.8) — Zed, a code editor, has an extension installer allows tar/gzip downloads. Prior to version 0.224.4, the tar ex…
    CVE-2026-27967 (CVSS 7.1) — Zed, a code editor, has a symlink escape vulnerability in versions prior to 0.225.9 in Agent file tools (`read…
    CVE-2026-27800 (CVSS 7.4) — Zed, a code editor, has a Zip Slip (Path Traversal) vulnerability exists in its extension archive extraction f…
    CVE-2026-25805 (CVSS 6.4) — Zed is a multiplayer code editor. Prior to 0.219.4, Zed does not show with which parameters a tool is being in…
    CVE-2025-68432 (CVSS 7.7) — Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. The Zed ID…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High