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CVE-2026-26832

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

node-tesseract-ocr is an npm package that provides a Node.js wrapper for Tesseract OCR. In all versions through 2.2.1, the recognize() function in src/index.js is vulnerable to OS Command Injection. The file path parameter is concatenated into a shell command string and passed to child_process.exec() without proper 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 Modified3/26/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

References

https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr(cve@mitre.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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