Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes, it can be remotely exploitable whenever a remote user or system can influence the value passed to recognize(), such as via HTTP parameters, uploaded file names, or message payloads. In such cases, an attacker may trigger command injection over the network.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this issue?

The attacker needs the ability to supply or manipulate the file path parameter that flows into recognize(). No direct shell or OS access is required; access is at the application input level (e.g., web request, API call, or job configuration).

What is the safest general fix pattern for affected code?

The safest pattern is to avoid shell-based execution entirely for OCR calls by using APIs like execFile() or spawn() with argument arrays, ensuring the file path is passed as a separate argument, not embedded in a shell command string, and combining that with strict input validation and normalization.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-tesseract-ocr recognize() Wrapper

CVE-2026-26832

Published:

Mar 25, 2026

Status:

Awaiting Analysis

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

OS Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78

Impact:

Arbitrary Command Execution

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

OS Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78

Impact:

Arbitrary Command Execution

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in node-tesseract-ocr recognize() Wrapper

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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