Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-55012Zed AI Agent Remote Code Execution

High 8.5

In plain English

A high-severity authentication bypass in zed from zed-industries. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Zed is a multiplayer code editor. Prior to version 0.197.3, in the Zed Agent Panel allowed for an AI agent to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) by bypassing user permission checks. An AI Agent could have exploited a permissions bypass vulnerability to create or modify a project-specific configuration file, leading to the execution of arbitrary commands on a victim's machine without the explicit approval that would otherwise be required. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.197.3. A workaround for this issue involves either avoid sending prompts to the Agent Panel, or to limit the AI Agent's file system access.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
zed-industries	zed	< 0.197.3

Weakness: CWE-288, CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/security/advisories/GHSA-x34m-39xw-g2wr x_refsource_CONFIRM