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CVE-2026-26831

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

textract through 2.5.0 is vulnerable to OS Command Injection via the file path parameter in multiple extractors. When processing files with malicious filenames, the filePath is passed directly to child_process.exec() in lib/extractors/doc.js, rtf.js, dxf.js, images.js, and lib/util.js with inadequate sanitization

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/25/2026

Last Modified3/30/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

dbashford:textract

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78CWE-94

References

https://github.com/dbashford/textract(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/extractors/doc.js(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/extractors/rtf.js(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/util.js(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26831(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/textract(cve@mitre.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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