CVE-2026-53632

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launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to 2.14.1, the launch-editor NP

launch-editor allows users to open files with line numbers in editor from Node.js. Prior to 2.14.1, the launch-editor NPM package accesses arbitrary paths including Windows UNC paths. When a UNC path is opened, Windows automatically attempts NTLM authentication to the remote host, causing the user’s NTLMv2 password hash to be leaked to an attacker-controlled SMB server.

This can result in credential compromise through offline hash cracking. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.1.

Monitor

⚠ NVD has not scored this CVE yet - manual triage required (common for recent CVEs)

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This page is every public fact about CVE-2026-53632, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.

Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:

CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked. EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal. CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score. Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.

How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.

Then what - two workflows:

Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits. PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.

Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).

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Severity & exploitation scoring

EPSS exploitation probability

n/a

No EPSS score in our data for this CVE. EPSS is published daily for scored CVEs - a very new, reserved, or rejected CVE may not have one yet.

CVSS metric silhouette

No structured CVSS vector for this CVE. Older entries often have only a numeric base score - the metric breakdown radar requires a full AV:_/AC:_/... vector string published by NVD.

SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment

Exploitation

poc

Automatable

Tech impact

partial

Attack path

Full kill chain

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ATT&CK techniques

Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small N× marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.

T1027 · Obfuscated Files or Information T1552 · Unsecured Credentials T1574.006 · Dynamic Linker Hijacking T1574.007 · Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable T1690 · Prevent Command History Logging

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CAPEC attack patterns

Attack patterns this CVE enables - the bridge from weakness to ATT&CK technique.

CAPEC-CAPEC-102 · Session Sidejacking CAPEC-CAPEC-13 · Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-CAPEC-267 · Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-CAPEC-474 · Signature Spoofing by Key Theft CAPEC-CAPEC-50 · Password Recovery Exploitation CAPEC-CAPEC-509 · Kerberoasting CAPEC-CAPEC-551 · Modify Existing Service CAPEC-CAPEC-555 · Remote Services with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-CAPEC-560 · Use of Known Domain Credentials CAPEC-CAPEC-561 · Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials CAPEC-CAPEC-600 · Credential Stuffing CAPEC-CAPEC-64 · Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic

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Weakness Classification

CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CWE-73External Control of File Name or Path

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

npm launch-editor MODERATE fixed in 2.14.1

npm vite MODERATE fixed in 8.0.16

npm vite-plus MODERATE fixed in 0.1.24

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Related CVEs

CVEs linked to this one by a shared weakness (CWE) or affected product - joins on data already in the engine, with the reason shown per row. Not a guess.

CVE-1999-0013 Stolen credentials from SSH clients via ssh-agent program, allowing other local ... same CWE-522 HIGH CVE-2000-0944 CGI Script Center News Update 1.1 does not properly validate the original news a... 1 same CWE-522 CRITICAL CVE-2005-3435 admin_news.php in Archilles Newsworld up to 1.3.0 allows attackers to bypass aut... same CWE-522 CRITICAL CVE-2007-0681 profile.php in ExtCalendar 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the p... 1 same CWE-522 CRITICAL CVE-2011-10030 Foxit PDF Reader < 4.3.1.0218 exposes a JavaScript API function, createDataObj... same CWE-73 CVE-2014-2375 Ecava IntegraXor SCADA Server Stable 4.1.4360 and earlier and Beta 4.1.4392 and ... same CWE-73 CVE-2014-125044 A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in soshtolsus wing-... same CWE-73 MEDIUM CVE-2014-125059 A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in sternens... same CWE-73 MEDIUM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

https://github.com/vitejs/launch-editor/security/advisories/GHSA-v6wh-96g9-6wx3