CVE-2026-53511 (GCVE-0-2026-53511)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-07 20:46 – Updated: 2026-07-09 03:55
VLAI
Title
calibre: Arbitrary Code Execution in Template Formatter via Book Metadata
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.
Severity
8.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kovidgoyal calibre Affected: < 9.10.0
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