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CVE-2026-53511

N/A CVSS: N/A Published: 2026-07-07 Modified: 2026-08-18

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-94

References