CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-26832
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-03-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
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
Affected configurations
• zapolnoch tesseract ocr (<= 2.2.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr Product
- https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js Product
- https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr Product