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SCA: security update for launch-editor, vite (GHSA-c27g-q93r-2cwf)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 442596

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2024-52011)

Solution

Update the launch-editor library and its related packages to version 2.9.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c27g-q93r-2cwf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 442596

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/3/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52011

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52011

cwe: CWE-77