CVE-2026-26832

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-26832
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-03-25 16:16:21 UTC
Updated2026-06-05 14:33:23 UTC
Descriptionnode-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

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.003030000 probability, percentile 0.539810000 (date 2026-06-10)

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a | CWE-78 CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zapolnoch Tesseract Ocr All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr [email protected] github.com Product
github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js [email protected] github.com Product
www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr [email protected] www.npmjs.com Product
github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832 [email protected] github.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
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