CVE-2026-27976CWE-61

Zed Extension Sandbox Escape via Tar Symlink Following

High · published February 25, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00828 · 57.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-61 · UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Published
2026-02-25T23:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 FEB 23:34Z
    Zed Extension Sandbox Escape via Tar Symlink Following
    cvelistv5