CVE-2020-28446
Command Injection
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 are vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Command Injection
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 are vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
- Record
CVE-2020-28446- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-6430
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 are vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
- Record
EUVD-2022-6430- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w868-4576-rv24
ntesseract vulnerable to Command Injection
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 is vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
- Record
GHSA-w868-4576-rv24- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 are vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
- Record
CVE-2020-28446- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 are vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
- Record
CVE-2020-28446- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w868-4576-rv24
ntesseract vulnerable to Command Injection
The package ntesseract before 0.2.9 is vulnerable to Command Injection via lib/tesseract.js.
- Record
GHSA-w868-4576-rv24- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ntesseractnpm |
before 0.2.9 | 0.2.9 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-28446 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ntesseract Project Ntesseract, published July 25, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.52%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in ntesseract 0.2.9.