CVE-2026-112944 PUBLISHED

launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 19.10.2026 Published: 20.10.2026 Updated: 20.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor vitejs
Product launch-editor
Versions
  • Version < 2.14.2 is affected
Vendor vitejs
Product vite
Versions
  • Version >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.3 is affected
  • Version >= 8.2.0, < 8.2.4 is affected
  • Version >= 8.0.0, < 8.1.6 is affected
  • Version >= 7.0.0, < 7.3.7 is affected
  • Version < 6.4.4 is affected
Vendor vitejs
Product vite-plus
Versions
  • Version < 1.1.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') CWE