Zed Installed (macOS)

info Nessus Plugin ID 300257

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Synopsis

Zed is installed on the remote macOS host.

Description

Zed, a fast, collaborative code editor built in Rust, is installed on the remote macOS host.

When per-user or project-scoped Zed MCP configuration files are present (~/.config/zed/settings.json, <project>/.zed/settings.json), this plugin reports the configured MCP servers under the 'context_servers' key.
Sensitive values are redacted.

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 300257

File Name: macos_zed_installed.nbin

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Artificial Intelligence

Published: 3/2/2026

Updated: 6/25/2026

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:zed:zed

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, MacOSX/packages/sys_profiler

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