CVE-2026-53511 (GCVE-0-2026-53511)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-07 20:46
Modified
2026-08-18 07:16
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.10.0, a malicious EPUB, OPF, or PDF file can execute arbitrary Python code when its metadata is read by calibre, including through Add books or Edit books, by embedding a custom column definition with a python: template in calibre:user_metadata that is passed unsanitized to exec() in the template formatter. This issue is fixed in version 9.10.0.
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Impacted products
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| kovidgoyal | calibre |
Version: < 9.10.0 |
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