CVE-2024-52011: vitejs launch-editor Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-52011 is a high (CVSS 8.3) Command Injection vulnerability in vitejs launch-editor. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 01-06-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 04-09-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
• CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string.