CVE-2023-29566
Remote code execution in dawnsparks-node-tesseract
huedawn-tesseract 0.3.3 and dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
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
NVD Score used
huedawn-tesseract 0.3.3 and dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
- Record
CVE-2023-29566- 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, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
huedawn-tesseract 0.3.3 and dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
- Record
CVE-2023-29566- 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-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-1237
huedawn-tesseract 0.3.3 and dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
- Record
EUVD-2023-1237- 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
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-88qf-5f3v-pm6m
Remote code execution in dawnsparks-node-tesseract
dawnsparks-node-tesseract before 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
- Record
GHSA-88qf-5f3v-pm6m- 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
huedawn-tesseract 0.3.3 and dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.0 to 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
- Record
CVE-2023-29566- 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
- 2026-11-11
OSVGHSA-88qf-5f3v-pm6m
Remote code execution in dawnsparks-node-tesseract
dawnsparks-node-tesseract before 0.4.1 was discovered to contain a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the child_process function.
- Record
GHSA-88qf-5f3v-pm6m- 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 |
|---|---|---|
dawnsparks-node-tesseractnpm |
before 0.4.1 | 0.4.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-29566 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Dawnsparks-node-tesseract Project Dawnsparks-node-tesseract, published April 24, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.16%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in dawnsparks-node-tesseract 0.4.1.
References
npmjs.com/package/dawnsparks-node-tesseract
github.com/rona-dinihari/dawnsparks-node-tesseract
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29566