CVE-2025-55012

Zed AI Agent Remote Code Execution

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 11, 2025 at 09:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorZed

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.197.3
Affected range stops below 0.197.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.5HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-288

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