VDB
KO
HIGH

GHSA-c27g-q93r-2cwf

launch-editor vulnerable to command injection via the crafted request on Windows

Details

### Summary 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.

### Impact If the following conditions are met, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands on the computer that is using the `launch-editor`:

- An attacker can place a file with the malicious filename - An attacker can call the `launchEditor` method with the `file` argument controlled - The `launch-editor` package is running on Windows

For example, some development server using this package satisfy these conditions, as a malicious website might be able to force the downloading of a file and the path of that file is predictable.

### Patch This issue has been fixed in the `launch-editor` version 2.9.0 ([commit](https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/971291e8a6a91226e1616c5c0ec85423d2d50a5e)).

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Affected packages

npm / launch-editor
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 2.9.0
Fix npm install launch-editor@2.9.0
npm / vite
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 5.4.9
Fix npm install vite@5.4.9

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