Medium 6.3Published Oct 20, 2026

CVE-2026-112943launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-21 08:23 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 6.3 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)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
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 20, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vitejs launch-editor vitejs:launch_editor (from the name)	before 2.14.2	CNA record
vitejs vite vitejs:vite (from the name)	from 8.3.0, < 8.3.3; from 8.2.0, < 8.2.4; from 8.0.0, < 8.1.6; from 7.0.0, < 7.3.7; before 6.4.4	CNA record
vitejs vite-plus vitejs:vite_plus (from the name)	before 1.1.0	CNA record

References

https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcvx-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/pull/155x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/3c2f9bf2ff8fe63d056a8f9cc52d825b66ca79fcx-refsource-misc
https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/releases/tag/v2.14.2x-refsource-misc

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