CVE-2025-55012

HIGH

Zed < 0.197.3 Agent Panel - Permission Bypass Code Execution

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v4 8.5
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.9%
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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-288
Status published
Products (1)
zed-industries/zed < 0.197.3
Published Aug 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026