CVE-2026-26831
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26831
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-26831.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-26831
- Aliases
- Published
- 2026-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-08-12T03:51:10.063586570Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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textract through 2.5.0 is vulnerable to OS Command Injection via the file path parameter in multiple extractors. When processing files with malicious filenames, the filePath is passed directly to child_process.exec() in lib/extractors/doc.js, rtf.js, dxf.js, images.js, and lib/util.js with inadequate sanitization
- Database specific
{ "cna_assigner": "mitre", "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26831.json" }- References
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- https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/extractors/doc.js
- https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/extractors/rtf.js
- https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/util.js
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/textract
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26831.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26831
- https://github.com/dbashford/textract
- https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26831
Affected packages
Git / github.com/dbashford/textract
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/dbashford/textract
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
{ "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "2.5.0" }, { "last_affected": "2.5.0" } ], "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:dbashford:textract:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*", "source": [ "DESCRIPTION", "CPE_RANGE" ] }