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.