CVE-2026-26832CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p73.8%

CVE-2026-26832CVE-2026-26832

zapolnoch / tesseract_ocr

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

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS1.67% probability of exploitation · percentile 73.8% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-03-25
Last modified2026-06-05

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-78

References

  1. https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr
  2. https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js
  3. https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832
  4. https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')cwe-780%live

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