CVE-2026-26831Disclosure(dbashford / textract)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

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NVD 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

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Exploit / PoC references

https://github.com/zebbernCVE/CVE-2026-26831

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-78CWE-94

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

textract

Threat summary

1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Technical details provided in 1 signal
Disclosure: 1 classified signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors

dbashford

Products

textract

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Disclosure

1100.0%

Referenced assets1 URL

By indicator

https://www.pulsepatch.io/posts/cve-2026-26831-textract-os-command-injection

Full discourse1 post

PulsePatch.io@pulsepatchio192d
Disclosure
`textract` is vulnerable to OS Command Injection (CVE-2026-26831), potentially allowing arbitrary command execution. Review input sanitization and execution context for instances using `textract`. #textract #OSCommandInjection #infosec https://www.pulsepatch.io/posts/cve-2026-26831-textract-os-command-injection
Post summary
The tweet announces a new OS command injection vulnerability in textract (CVE‑2026‑26831) without detailing PoC, exploit code, or patch information.
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CPE platform detail1 entries

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Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Target SW	Target HW
App	dbashford	textract	-	node.js	-

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