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CVE-2026-27976

Zed Extension Sandbox Escape via Tar Symlink Following

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 0.5%CWE-61
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.5%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
25 Feb 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
Zed, a code editor, has an extension installer allows tar/gzip downloads. Prior to version 0.224.4, the tar extractor (`async_tar::Archive::unpack`) creates symlinks from the archive without validation, and the path guard (`writeable_path_from_extension`) only performs lexical prefix checks without resolving symlinks. An attacker can ship a tar that first creates a symlink inside the extension workdir pointing outside (e.g., `escape -> /`), then writes files through the symlink, causing writes to arbitrary host paths. This escapes the extension sandbox and enables code execution. Version 0.224.4 patches the issue.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
zed-industries · zed

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