CVE-2026-26831 | textract through 2.5.0 is vulnerable to OS Command Injection… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

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

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-26831
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Reserved: 2026-02-16 00:00 UTC
Published: 2026-03-25 00:00 UTC
Last updated: 2026-03-28 01:12 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-94
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injecti…
Vendor / Product: n/a / n/a
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
n/a	n/a	—	n/a

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
—	cna	n/a
CWE-94	adp	CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	adp	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (6)