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CVE-2026-119339VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Tesseract: Prior to 5.5.4, WeightMatrix::DeSerialize trusts a mode byte from a traineddata LSTM network and calls

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-119339· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in 5.5.4 : update tesseract when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 12:35 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 3.15.5
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.5.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Ubuntu 26.10tesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=stonkingOther threatsAffected
  • =5.5.0-1build1
  • =5.5.0-1.1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/resoluteOther threatsAffected
  • =5.5.0-1
  • =5.5.0-1build1
  • =5.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/nobleOther threatsAffected
  • 5.3.0-2build1 – 5.3.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
8 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/jammyOther threatsAffected
  • =4.1.1-2.1
  • =4.1.1-2.1build1
  • =4.1.1-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focalOther threatsAffected
  • 4.1.0-1 – 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
7 affected builds
Fixed in–
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTStesseractpkg:deb/ubuntu/tesseract?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionicOther threatsAffected
  • 3.04.01-6 – 4.00~git2288-10f4998a-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
9 affected builds
Fixed in–

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Description

Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. Prior to 5.5.4, WeightMatrix::DeSerialize trusts a mode byte from a traineddata LSTM network and calls WeightMatrix::DeSerializeOld when kDoubleFlag is clear. In default FAST_FLOAT builds, DeSerializeOld invokes ASSERT_HOST instead of returning an error, so loading a crafted model through TessBaseAPI::Init terminates the process and causes denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 5.5.4.

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