Bug 2556233 (CVE-2026-112943) - CVE-2026-112943 launch-editor: launch-editor: Arbitrary code execution via improper argument escaping on Windows
Summary: CVE-2026-112943 launch-editor: launch-editor: Arbitrary code execution via im...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-112943
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-20 15:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 21:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-20 15:03:50 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.
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