CVE-2026-112943

launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: Oct 20, 2026
Updated: Oct 20, 2026
Reserved: Oct 19, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
launch-editorvitejs	< 2.14.2Affected
vitevitejs	>= 8.3.0, < 8.3.3Affected >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.4Affected >= 8.0.0, < 8.1.6Affected >= 7.0.0, < 7.3.7Affected < 6.4.4Affected
vite-plusvitejs	< 1.1.0Affected

References

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