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CVE-2026-110638

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().

CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 2.73%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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 4.0
9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
2.73% probability · 86th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Source
disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%15 October 2026: 2.73%26 October 2026: 2.73%15 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS moved from 2.7% on 15 October 2026 to 2.7% on 26 October 2026.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.