Description
Epic Games Unreal Engine versions up to and including 5.8.0 ship with an insecure default configuration for the LaunchURL Blueprint node (UKismetSystemLibrary::LaunchURL). The URL scheme filter (FURLRequestFilter) is empty by default, which permits all URL schemes. On Windows, this results in a call to ShellExecuteW() with the open verb, so a supplied file:/// URI causes the referenced file to be executed. Any Unreal Engine game that loads user-generated content containing Blueprints is vulnerable to command execution via a malicious local file or a remote file on a WebDAV share. This is an instance of CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default).
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Epic Games Unreal Engine versions up to and including 5.8.0 ship with an insecure default configuration for the LaunchURL Blueprint node (UKismetSystemLibrary::LaunchURL). The URL scheme filter (FURLRequestFilter) is empty by default, which permits all URL schemes. On Windows, this results in a call to ShellExecuteW() with the open verb, so a supplied file:/// URI causes the referenced file to be executed. Any Unreal Engine game that loads user-generated content containing Blueprints is vulnerable to command execution via a malicious local file or a remote file on a WebDAV share. This is an instance of CWE-1188 (Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default). | |
| Title | Epic Games Unreal Engine Insecure Default URL Scheme Allowance in LaunchURL | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1188 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: AHA
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T02:31:08.607Z
Reserved: 2026-07-04T17:45:14.357Z
Link: CVE-2026-14765
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T03:17:21.927
Modified: 2026-10-14T03:17:21.927
Link: CVE-2026-14765
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CWE-1188
Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default