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.
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Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows
Weaknesses CWE-78
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:13:40.862Z

Reserved: 2026-10-19T21:30:47.245Z

Link: CVE-2026-112943

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-20T15:13:34.619Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-20T15:17:17.643

Modified: 2026-10-20T16:17:04.763

Link: CVE-2026-112943

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