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CVE-2024-52011: launch-editor vulnerable to command injection via the crafted request on Windows

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-06-01 · updated 2026-09-04
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to version 2.9.0, due to the insufficient sanitization of the `file` argument in the `launchEditor`, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands on Windows by supplying a filename that contains special characters. This issue has been fixed in the `launch-editor` version 2.9.0, corresponding to vite version 5.4.9.

Affected products

• vitejs launch-editor: before 2.9.0
• vitejs vite: before 5.4.9

References

• https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/971291e8a6a91226e1616c5c0ec85423d2d50a5e
• https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-c27g-q93r-2cwf
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34342
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-52011
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483853
• https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-52011.json

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