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Critical, CVSS 9.8amended

node-tesseract-ocr is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through unsanitized recognize() function parameter

CVE-2026-26832GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2

What to do

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This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • npm node-tesseract-ocr

    Affected
    <= 2.2.1
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
9.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-26832: 1.74% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 77.72 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

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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 childprocess.exec() without proper sanitization

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Amended from osv record GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-26832

Advisory: node-tesseract-ocr is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through unsanitized recognize() function parameter
IDs: CVE-2026-26832, GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-26832 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 12:47 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- npm node-tesseract-ocr: affected <= 2.2.1

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `npm ls node-tesseract-ocr --all`: lists every installed copy and version, including transitive ones. Run in the project root after `npm ci`.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on node-tesseract-ocr.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 lists affected ranges: npm node-tesseract-ocr >=0 <=2.2.1)
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 (OSV record GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 lists affected ranges: npm node-tesseract-ocr >=0 <=2.2.1)

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