Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-26832

CVSS 3.1

9.8Critical

Official 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

CVSS scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
9.8Critical	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (mitre)	`CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
No product information recorded.

References and advisories

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Details

Published: 2026-03-25
Last updated: 2026-03-25
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): mitre

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.73%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

77.8%

Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable: No
Exploitation: Proof of concept
Technical impact: Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')