Vulnerability Report

CVE-2024-52011

Title: Arbitrary Command Execution in launch-editor via file argument

Arbitrary Command Execution

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2024-52011

CWE Category CWE-77
Published Date Jun 01, 2026
Modified Date Jun 02, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v4.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2024-52011: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Analysis in Progress...

Reference Links

https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/commit/971291e8a6a91226e1616c5c0ec85423d2d50a5e https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-c27g-q93r-2cwf
CVSS v4.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
ACTIVE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
N/A
RAW VECTOR CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2024-52011 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2024-52011
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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction ACTIVE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.