CVE-2026-26832
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.6% (pctl 85)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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 | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.6% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2026-03-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| zapolnoch | tesseract ocr |
References
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