Zed
CVE-2023-50440
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
ZED containers produced by PRIMX ZED!. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-284. ZED containers produced by PRIMX ZED! for Windows before Q.2020.3 (ANSSI qualification submission); ZED! for Windows before Q.2021.2 (ANSSI qualification submission); ZONECENTRAL for Windows before Q.2021.2 (ANSSI qualification submission); ZONECENTRAL for Windows before 2023.5; ZEDMAIL for Windows before 2023.5; ZED! for Windows, Mac, Linux before 2023.5; ZEDFREE for Windows, Mac, Linux before 2023.5; or ZEDPRO for Windows, Mac, Linux before 2023.5 can be modified by an unauthenticated attacker to include a UNC reference so that it could trigger network access to an attacker-controlled computer when opened by the victim. Affected products include: Primx Zed\!, Primx Zedmail, Primx Zonecentral. Version information: before 2023.5.
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
ZED containers produced by PRIMX ZED! for Windows before Q.2020.3 (ANSSI qualification submission); ZED! for Windows before Q.2021.2 (ANSSI qualification submission); ZONECENTRAL for Windows before Q.2021.2 (ANSSI qualification submission); ZONECENTRAL for Windows before 2023.5; ZEDMAIL for Windows before 2023.5; ZED! for Windows, Mac, Linux before 2023.5; ZEDFREE for Windows, Mac, Linux before 2023.5; or ZEDPRO for Windows, Mac, Linux before 2023.5 can be modified by an unauthenticated attacker to include a UNC reference so that it could trigger network access to an attacker-controlled computer when opened by the victim.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Arbitrary code execution in the Zed code editor affects all versions prior to 0.218.2-pre, where Model Context Protocol
Arbitrary code execution in the Zed code editor (all versions prior to 0.218.2-pre) lets a project's .zed/settings.json
Zed code editor versions before 0.225.9 fail to properly validate symbolic links in Agent file tools, allowing attackers
Zed Editor versions prior to 0.219.4 fail to display tool invocation parameters during permission prompts or after execu
A directory traversal vulnerability with remote code execution in Prim'X Zed!. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this
Remote code execution in Zed code editor versions prior to 0.227.1 occurs when a user opens a folder containing a malici
Arbitrary code execution in the Zed code editor (versions prior to 0.229.0) is possible by abusing its terminal tool per
Command injection in Zed code editor versions prior to 0.229.0 allows bypass of the terminal tool's permission allowlist
Remote command execution in Zed code editor versions prior to 0.227.1 occurs when opening SSH or WSL remote terminals be
By default, .ZED containers produced by PRIMX ZED!. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely explo
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