{"id":"CVE-2026-112943","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-112943","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:02:37.164Z","title":"launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js.","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.","published":"2026-10-20T15:17:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-20T19:55:49.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00414,"percentile":0.35458,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-21","score":0.00414,"percentile":0.34593}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-20T15:17:18.000Z","detail":{"score":"6.3","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T15:17:17.643Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/3c2f9bf2ff8fe63d056a8f9cc52d825b66ca79fc","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/pull/155","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/releases/tag/v2.14.2","source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-698v-4r3x-3vcv","source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112943","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}