CVE-2026-112944

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-112944
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-112944.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-112944
Aliases
Downstream
CGA (76)
CLSA (2)
Published
2026-10-20T14:57:38Z
Modified
2026-10-21T02:55:52Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-88"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/112xxx/CVE-2026-112944.json",
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "range":  [
                        {
                            "introduced":  "8.3.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "8.3.3"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "8.2.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "8.2.4"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "8.0.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "8.1.6"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced":  "7.0.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "7.3.7"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "6.4.4"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed":  "1.1.0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy":  "StringRangeExpression"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vitejs/launch-editor

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
b5334895a00f8000ef3b6a46f2aa9e1a62eb27b4
Fixed
f6e6701bb1f16f2dd242b321374f1b6cca6eb6d4
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events":  [
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "introduced":  "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed":  "2.14.2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy":  "StringRangeExpression"
        },
        {
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "f6e6701bb1f16f2dd242b321374f1b6cca6eb6d4"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
        },
        {
            "original_tag":  "v2.14.2",
            "range":  [
                {
                    "fixed":  "b5334895a00f8000ef3b6a46f2aa9e1a62eb27b4"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "REFERENCES_TAG"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.0.0
v2.*
v2.0.0
v2.1.0
v2.10.0
v2.11.0
v2.11.1
v2.12.0
v2.13.0
v2.13.1
v2.13.2
v2.14.0
v2.14.1
v2.2.0
v2.2.1
v2.3.0
v2.4.0
v2.5.0
v2.6.0
v2.6.1
v2.7.0
v2.8.0
v2.8.1
v2.8.2
v2.9.0
v2.9.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-112944.json"