CVE-2026-26831

March 26, 2026, 3:13 p.m.

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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

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Textract
  • Textract
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a textract textract / / / / / / / /

References

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

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2026-03-25
CVE-2026-26831

Timeline

Published: March 25, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
Last Modified: March 26, 2026, 3:13 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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