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CVE-2025-68433: Arbitrary code execution in Zed IDE via Model Context Protocol config

Zed

The Zed code editor was found to load Model Context Protocol configurations automatically from project settings, enabling malicious command execution. A patch was introduced to implement a worktree trust mechanism.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

CVSS
7.7
EPSS
<0.01 · top 79% · 2026-11-13
EPSS scores by FIRST
fix status
Fix status unknown
first report
17 Dec 2025
last update
17 Dec 2025
CVE ids
CVE-2025-68433other records

Timeline · 1

  1. 17 Dec 2025CVE-2025-68433: Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre.

Sources · 1

Advisories and databases

  1. 2025-12-17
    CVE-2025-68433: Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre.
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68433

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Classification

lane
Patch now
AI role
Attack on AI
categories
Infrastructure vulnerability
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
fix status
Fix status unknown
targets
Framework / tooling
owasp llm top 10
LLM03:2025 Supply Chain
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
tags
mcp
dates
happened 17 Dec 2025 · first reported 17 Dec 2025
origin
NVD
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record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:33Z

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# CVE-2025-68433: Arbitrary code execution in Zed IDE via Model Context Protocol config

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2025-68433-arbitrary-code-execution-in-zed-ide-via-model · AIR-2025-0039 · closed 2025-12-17

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-12-17
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Zed
- CVE ids: CVE-2025-68433
- CVSS: 7.7

## Summary

The Zed code editor was found to load Model Context Protocol configurations automatically from project settings, enabling malicious command execution. A patch was introduced to implement a worktree trust mechanism.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-12-17: CVE-2025-68433: Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68433)

## Sources

- 2025-12-17 NVD: CVE-2025-68433: Zed, a code editor, has an aribtrary code execution vulnerability in versions prior to 0.218.2-pre. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68433

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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