CVE-2026-110638

critical

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()…

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

9.8

9.8 (CVSS v3.1)

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

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-14 15:17

Modified: 2026-10-16 19:03

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 1 day ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/blob/96d31957fbc2a31f1d739e2d64e5c85a05f688ec/docda... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/pull/2 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/doc-recog-through-1.1.6-os-command-injection-via-docd... disclosure@vulncheck.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC · record ↗

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