NVD Vulnerability Detail
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CVE-2026-53511
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.

Publication Date July 8, 2026, 6:17 a.m.
Registration Date July 9, 2026, 4:12 a.m.
Last Update July 11, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
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