CVE-2026-112943CWE-78command-injection

CVE-2026-112943

published October 20, 2026

CVSS
6.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
6.3 · NONE
CVSS v4.0
6.3 · 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
EPSS
0.00414 · 34.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-10-20T19:17Z
References (4)
https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/3c2f9bf2ff8fe63d056a8f9cc52d825b66ca79fc · [email protected]https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/pull/155 · [email protected]https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/releases/tag/v2.14.2 · [email protected]https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcv · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 03:29Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 20 OCT 14:53Z
    launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows
    cvelistv5
  • 20 OCT 14:53Z
    launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows
    cvelistv5