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.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | doc-recog through 1.1.6 OS Command Injection via DocData._readPDF File Path | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-10-14T14:17:09.820Z
Reserved: 2026-10-14T13:07:32.721Z
Link: CVE-2026-110638
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:16.997
Modified: 2026-10-14T15:17:16.997
Link: CVE-2026-110638
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