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

INFO

Published Date :

2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2026-03-25T17:52:56.510Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-26832 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Zapolnoch
  • Node-tesseract-ocr
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-26832.

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https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-tesseract-ocr cve-icon cve-icon
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