CVE-2026-112943

LOWCVSS 6.3 · MEDIUM

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-78

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Deep dive

Full discourse1 post
  • DailyCVE@dailycve

    🔵 escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on #Windows #CVE-2026-112943 Just Updated -DC-Oct2026-3464 https://dailycve.com/escapecmdargs-omits-escaping-on-windows-cve-2026-112943-just-updated-dc-oct2026-3464/

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