What is GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2?

GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. node-tesseract-ocr is vulnerable to OS Command Injection through unsanitized recognize() function parameter

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 cover?

GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-26832. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2?

GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2?

GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2 affects 1 product, including: npm/node-tesseract-ocr:\u003c= 2.2.1.

GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2CriticalCVSS 9.8

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

March 25, 2026

Last Modified

March 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-26832 →

📋 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

🎯 Affected products1

npm/node-tesseract-ocr:<= 2.2.1

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26832
https://github.com/zapolnoch/node-tesseract-ocr/blob/master/src/index.js
https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26832
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j44-735h-w4w2