CVE-2026-112943: launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to 2.14.2, launch-editor did no…
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 by source
- 2026-10-20
- First seen by Reality Radar
- 2026-10-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-21
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Risk: CVSS 6.3
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Sources
- NIST National Vulnerability Database Tier A · official published 2026-10-20
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