CVE-2026-110638

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalReceived

Published 2026-10-14Last modified 2026-10-14

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Vulnerability summary

Overall risk

70/100

0100

High · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

9.8/10

010

Critical · v3.1 (cve.org)

EPSS score

Not scored

0%100%

No EPSS score yet

KEVNot listed0 of 3 catalogs

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

2026-10-14
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

v4.09.3v3.19.8

EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected systems

Zepspaiva1 product

doc-recog≤ 1.1.6

1 vendor · 1 product

References

4 links

github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/pull/2Issue TrackingPatch
github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recog/blob/96d31957fbc2a31f1d739e2d64e5c85a05f688ec/docdata.jsTechnical Description
github.com/zepspaiva/doc-recogProduct
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/…Third Party Advisory