CVE-2026-14765

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).

CVSS 3.1

7.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-1188

Published

2026-10-14

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://khaelkugler.com/blogs/meccha_chameleon.html
• https://takeonme.org/gcves/GCVE-1337-2026-00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001011111111101111111111110000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001011

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