CVE-2026-19372

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A security flaw has been discovered in Handwriting-OCR handwriting-ocr-mcp-server 0.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function fs.readFileSync of the file src/index.ts of the component upload_document. Performing a manipulation of the argument File results in path traversal. Attacking locally is a requirement. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 9, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 9, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

GitHub - Handwriting-OCR/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server: Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Handwriting OCR · GitHub

https://github.com/Handwriting-OCR/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server/
generic

Arbitrary Local File Read via upload_document in Handwriting-OCR/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server · Issue #6 · Handwriting-OCR/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server · GitHub

https://github.com/Handwriting-OCR/handwriting-ocr-mcp-server/issues/6

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-19372(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 43× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 00:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 05:20 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-19 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 07:34 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-17 09:48 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 09:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 12:04 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-16 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-15 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-15 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-14 16:35 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-14 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-13 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 21:03 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-12 21:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-12 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-11 15:09 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-11 15:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-10 17:22 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-10 17:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-10 17:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  12. 2026-08-10 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-10 16:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-10 16:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 4.8
  15. 2026-08-09 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-09 23:19 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  17. 2026-08-09 22:41 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-09 22:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-19372?
CVE-2026-19372 is a medium vulnerability published on August 9, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in Handwriting-OCR handwriting-ocr-mcp-server 0.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function fs.readFileSync of the file src/index.ts of the component upload_document. Performing a manipulation of the argument File results in path traversal. Attacking…
When was CVE-2026-19372 disclosed?
CVE-2026-19372 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 9, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-19372 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-19372 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-19372?
CVE-2026-19372 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-19372?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-19372, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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