CVE-2020-28446

Command Injection

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Published Jul 25, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 are vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

ntesseract

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 0.2.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ntesseract_project:ntesseract:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-w868-4576-rv24	ntesseract vulnerable to Command Injection

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.5% (3.522% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/taoyuan/ntesseract/commit/fcbc36f381798b4362179c0cdf9961b437c7b619
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NTESSERACT-1050982

History

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Subscriptions

Ntesseract Project Ntesseract

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 4:20 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: snyk
Published: Jul 25, 2022, 2:05 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 4:20 AM
Reserved: Nov 12, 2020, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 25, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:10 AM

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