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CVE-2026-110638

zepspaiva doc-recog — doc-recog through 1.1.6 OS Command Injection via DocData._readPDF File Path

EPSS 3%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
47
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 86.0.860 × 2017.2No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

doc-recog through 1.1.6 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted document paths to recog() or tag(). Attackers can embed $(...) or backtick command substitution in the file path, which DocData._readPDF passes to a shell-based pdftotext exec call, running commands with Node.js process privileges.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
doc-recog≤ 1.1.6–CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VulnCheck (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

patchgithub.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/pull/2writeupgithub.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/blob/96d31957fbc2a31f1d739e2d64e5c85a05f688ec/docdata.js#L69-L74refgithub.com/zepspaiva/doc-recogwriteupvulncheck.com/advisories/doc-recog-through-1.1.6-os-command-injection-via-docdata-readpdf-file-path