CVE-2026-26831 (GCVE-0-2026-26831)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-25 00:00 – Updated: 2026-03-28 01:12
VLAI
Summary
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
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
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