CVE•Published 2026-03-25•Modified 2026-06-05•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-26832Zapolnoch · Tesseract_ocr
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
51
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 49% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
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
Timeline
Published 2026-03-25
Modified 2026-06-05
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-26832Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Zapolnoch Tesseract Ocr"All exposed Zapolnoch Tesseract Ocr instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Tesseract Ocr"HTTP body or banner mentions "Tesseract Ocr" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-26832Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-26832Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-26832Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-26832GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-26832" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.