CVE-2026-25731

Calibre Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution via Server-Side Template Injection in Calibre HTML Export

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 6, 2026 at 08:14 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCalibreCalibre

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.2.0, a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability in Calibre's Templite templating engine allows arbitrary code execution when a user converts an ebook using a malicious custom template file via the --template-html or --template-html-index command-line options. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 9.2.0
Affected range stops below 9.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (2)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-1336

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