CVE-2026-53511
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 12 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–8.5
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (1)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/712f4e1ff5c1e798c335bef3bacc4efdee052e9ccnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/tag/v9.10.0cnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-2j4m-2q7x-2c47cnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/712f4e1ff5c1e798c335bef3bacc4efdee052e9cenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/tag/v9.10.0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-2j4m-2q7x-2c47enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/712f4e1ff5c1e798c335bef3bacc4efdee052e9cnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/releases/tag/v9.10.0nvd
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