CVE-2026-112944 launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors

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...

CVE-2026-112944 launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors

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...

CVE-2026-112944 launch-editor: Editor CLI flag misinterpretation causing arbitrary command execution for some editors

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...

CVE-2026-112944

The launch-editor Node.js package is vulnerable to argument injection prior to version 2.14.2 . When an attacker can create a filesystem entry starting with a plus (+) or minus (-) in the working directory, launchEditor may forward this path without forcing it to be interpreted as a positional fi...