{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00018657","kind":"vulnerability","title":"launch-editor: NTLMv2 hash disclosure via UNC path handling on Windows","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-v6wh-96g9-6wx3","CVE-2026-53632"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for launch-editor, vite, vite, vite, vite-plus. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6wh-96g9-6wx3","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-v6wh-96g9-6wx3","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-06T15:12:54.193Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4"],"technology":"launch-editor","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\nThe `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.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf the following conditions are met, an attacker can get the NTLMv2 password hash on the computer that is using the `launch-editor`:\n\n- using Windows\n- NTLM is not disabled (it is recommended to disable, while it's still enabled by default)\n- the user accesses the attackers website that sends request to a middleware using `launch-editor`\n- the server that has the middleware using `launch-editor` is running\n- the attacker knows the URL for that server and the middleware\n\nThis would be a problem if the user password is too simple that it can be identified through offline hash cracking, potentially leading to further compromise of developer accounts or internal systems.\n\n### Details\n`launch-editor`","public_affected_ranges":["<= 2.14.0"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4"],"technology":"vite","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\nThe `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.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf the following conditions are met, an attacker can get the NTLMv2 password hash on the computer that is using the `launch-editor`:\n\n- using Windows\n- NTLM is not disabled (it is recommended to disable, while it's still enabled by default)\n- the user accesses the attackers website that sends request to a middleware using `launch-editor`\n- the server that has the middleware using `launch-editor` is running\n- the attacker knows the URL for that server and the middleware\n\nThis would be a problem if the user password is too simple that it can be identified through offline hash cracking, potentially leading to further compromise of developer accounts or internal systems.\n\n### Details\n`launch-editor`","public_affected_ranges":[">= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.15"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4"],"technology":"vite","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\nThe `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.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf the following conditions are met, an attacker can get the NTLMv2 password hash on the computer that is using the `launch-editor`:\n\n- using Windows\n- NTLM is not disabled (it is recommended to disable, while it's still enabled by default)\n- the user accesses the attackers website that sends request to a middleware using `launch-editor`\n- the server that has the middleware using `launch-editor` is running\n- the attacker knows the URL for that server and the middleware\n\nThis would be a problem if the user password is too simple that it can be identified through offline hash cracking, potentially leading to further compromise of developer accounts or internal systems.\n\n### Details\n`launch-editor`","public_affected_ranges":[">= 7.0.0, <= 7.3.4"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4"],"technology":"vite","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\nThe `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.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf the following conditions are met, an attacker can get the NTLMv2 password hash on the computer that is using the `launch-editor`:\n\n- using Windows\n- NTLM is not disabled (it is recommended to disable, while it's still enabled by default)\n- the user accesses the attackers website that sends request to a middleware using `launch-editor`\n- the server that has the middleware using `launch-editor` is running\n- the attacker knows the URL for that server and the middleware\n\nThis would be a problem if the user password is too simple that it can be identified through offline hash cracking, potentially leading to further compromise of developer accounts or internal systems.\n\n### Details\n`launch-editor`","public_affected_ranges":["<= 6.4.2"]},{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-4c20c8791f17d1c98f4c57d8374659c4"],"technology":"vite-plus","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Summary\nThe `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.\n\n### Impact\n\nIf the following conditions are met, an attacker can get the NTLMv2 password hash on the computer that is using the `launch-editor`:\n\n- using Windows\n- NTLM is not disabled (it is recommended to disable, while it's still enabled by default)\n- the user accesses the attackers website that sends request to a middleware using `launch-editor`\n- the server that has the middleware using `launch-editor` is running\n- the attacker knows the URL for that server and the middleware\n\nThis would be a problem if the user password is too simple that it can be identified through offline hash cracking, potentially leading to further compromise of developer accounts or internal systems.\n\n### Details\n`launch-editor`","public_affected_ranges":["<= 0.1.23"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-07T07:07:39.868Z","source_updated_at":"2026-06-15T17:18:32.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2026-06-15T17:18:31.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-06T15:12:54.193Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}