Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting calibre package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-CALIBRE-18674826
  • published12 Aug 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-73248  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-95  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:13 calibre.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream calibre package and not the calibre package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.12.0, calibre processes attacker-controlled composite_template metadata from a malicious EPUB, OPF, PDF, or similar file through program: and a nested template() call whose formatter does not inherit allow_python_templates=False, allowing a nested python: template to reach compile_python_template and execute arbitrary Python code when the file is opened or imported. This issue is fixed in version 9.12.0.