CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-52011

HighCVSS 8.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.51%

42th percentile - higher than 42% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the launch-editor library (used by Vite) before version 2.9.0 allows arbitrary command execution on Windows. The issue stems from insufficient sanitization of the `file` argument in the `launchEditor` function, enabling an attacker to inject special characters.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary commands on a Windows server, leading to full system compromise, data theft, or malware installation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the launch-editor library to version 2.9.0 or later, and if using Vite, update to version 5.4.9 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS