CVE-2026-27976

Zed Extension Sandbox Escape via Tar Symlink Following

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Feb 25, 2026
Updated
Feb 27, 2026
Reserved
Feb 25, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-61 UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Affected Products

ProductVersions
zedzed-industries
  • < 0.224.4Affected

References

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