CVE-2026-110638: critical vulnerability in zepspaiva doc-recog
doc-recog through 1.1.6 OS Command Injection via DocData._readPDF File Path
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28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.3epss 2.7%
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
zepspaiva · doc-recogReferences
https://github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recoghttps://github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/blob/96d31957fbc2a31f1d739e2d64e5c85a05f688ec/docdata.js#L69-L74https://github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/pull/2https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/doc-recog-through-1.1.6-os-command-injection-via-docdata-readpdf-file-path