Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-27800Zed has Zip Slip Path Traversal in Extension Archive Extraction

High 7.4

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in zed from zed-industries. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 36% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Zed, a code editor, has a Zip Slip (Path Traversal) vulnerability exists in its extension archive extraction functionality prior to version 0.224.4. The `extract_zip()` function in `crates/util/src/archive.rs` fails to validate ZIP entry filenames for path traversal sequences (e.g., `../`). This allows a malicious extension to write files outside its designated sandbox directory by downloading and extracting a crafted ZIP archive. Version 0.224.4 fixes the issue.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
zed-industries	zed	< 0.224.4

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-v385-xh3h-rrfr x_refsource_CONFIRM