CVE-2026-26832

CRITICAL EPSS 74.4%
Published Mar 25, 20263mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Mar 25, 2026 3mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
74.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
zapolnochtesseract_ocr* ≤2.2.1

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr
    Product
  • github.com https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js
    Product
  • github.com https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832
    MitigationThird Party Advisory
  • npmjs.com https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr
    Product

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.