{"id":"CVE-2026-112944","revision":"2b1edfc8622d445c9936c8af457cce2a","records":[{"revision":"2b1edfc8622d445c9936c8af457cce2a","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-112944","aliases":[],"title":"launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors","description":"launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to 2.14.2, when an attacker can create a filesystem entry beginning with plus or minus in the working directory, an affected editor is selected, and the path can remain relative or is converted to a relative WSL path, launchEditor forwards the path without forcing it to be interpreted as a positional filename. Editor option parsing then treats the attacker-controlled filename as a command-line flag, which can cause unintended file overwrite or arbitrary command execution by the selected editor. The affected editors are Vim and gVim, MacVim, Emacs and Emacsclient, and Notepad++ when a plugin exposes dangerous operations; WSL path conversion keeps Vite and newer middleware callers exposed. This issue is fixed in version 2.14.2.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:57:38.728+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T15:23:12.248+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"launch-editor","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"vitejs\",\n                    \"product\": \"launch-editor\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 2.14.2\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"vite","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"vitejs\",\n                    \"product\": \"vite\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \">= 8.3.0, < 8.3.3\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \">= 8.2.0, < 8.2.4\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \">= 8.0.0, < 8.1.6\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \">= 7.0.0, < 7.3.7\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 6.4.4\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"vite-plus","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"vitejs\",\n                    \"product\": \"vite-plus\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 1.1.0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 4.0","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","score":6.3,"severity":"MEDIUM"}],"references":["https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-r825-w8mm-5pxw","https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/pull/156","https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/f6e6701bb1f16f2dd242b321374f1b6cca6eb6d4","https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/releases/tag/v2.14.2"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-112944","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-112944","identifiers":["CVE-2026-112944"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}