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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| 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. | |
| Title | calibre: Arbitrary Code Execution in Template Formatter via Book Metadata | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-07T20:46:49.199Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T17:30:33.455Z
Link: CVE-2026-53511
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Updated: 2026-07-08T04:15:04Z
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