CVE-2026-112943
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to 2.14.2, launch-editor did not escape % on Windows when passing an argument to cmd. When an environment variable contained a malicious value, it was possible that that content to be executed. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.2.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-20 15:17:17.643000
Last modified
2026-10-20 19:55:49.343000
View original CVE JSON
{
"id": "CVE-2026-112943",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-20T15:17:17.643",
"lastModified": "2026-10-20T19:55:49.343",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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"value": "launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to 2.14.2, launch-editor did not escape % on Windows when passing an argument to cmd. When an environment variable contained a malicious value, it was possible that that content to be executed. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.2."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "vitejs",
"product": "launch-editor",
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
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"availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
"modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
"Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
"valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
"vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"type": "Secondary",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/3c2f9bf2ff8fe63d056a8f9cc52d825b66ca79fc",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/pull/155",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/releases/tag/v2.14.2",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcv",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}