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CVE-2026-26831

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.02421
Risk score
40.05
CISA KEV
No
PoC
Yes
Published
2026-03-25
Modified
2026-03-28
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2026-15459
Products
n/a:n/a n/a
Sources
euvd EUVD-2026-15459
packetstorm 190e07cf8a917b02ef4f32f0|CVE-2026-26831

Description

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

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