Medium
launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2026-112943
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 14:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
launch-editor: escapeCmdArgs() omits % escaping on Windows
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 20 Oct 2026, 14:53 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-112943
Complete source record
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