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Fencer Intel
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-28446 json

Command Injection

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-w868-4576-rv24 , EUVD-2022-6430

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • npm ntesseract 0.2.9
  • n/a ntesseract 0.2.9

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Exploit prediction

3.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-NTESSERACT-1050982 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm ntesseract
<0.2.9
0.2.9

Affected products

  • n/a ntesseract

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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