CVE-2026-26831

CRITICAL 9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.1%

EPSS Percentile

25th

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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Published	Mar 25, 2026
Last Updated	Mar 28, 2026

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References

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npmjs.com: https://www.npmjs.com/package/textract github.com: https://github.com/dbashford/textract github.com: https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/extractors/doc.js github.com: https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/extractors/rtf.js github.com: https://github.com/dbashford/textract/blob/master/lib/util.js github.com: https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26831