PYSEC-2026-886

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    PYSEC-2026-886

    Published: 6 Jul 2026Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: ocrodjvu is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Modification via symlink attack

    Details: ocrodjvu 0.4.6-1 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are generated when Cuneiform is invoked as the OCR engine.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4338, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64892, https://github.com/jwilk-archive/ocrodjvu, https://web.archive.org/web/20200229160520/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45234, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=598134, https://pypi.org/project/ocrodjvu, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pjj-7m4p-wfh2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ocrodjvu

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ocrodjvu

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0.4.6-1
    Fixed -0.4.6-2

    Affected versions

    0.4.6-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High