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

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Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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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
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{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-25T17:52:56.510Z

Reserved: 2026-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-26832

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Updated: 2026-03-25T17:52:52.211Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-25T16:16:21.240

Modified: 2026-03-25T18:16:30.133

Link: CVE-2026-26832

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