CVE-2026-26832

Published: Mar 25, 2026Modified: Mar 26, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

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

Related CWEs

CWE-78

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

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (4)

https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr

Source: cve@mitre.org

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