CVE-2026-110637

high

buildebooks before 0.2.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in lib/kindle.js that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted EPUB…

buildebooks before 0.2.2 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in lib/kindle.js that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying a crafted EPUB file name passed to kindlegen via child_process.exec. Attackers can craft a book project with a malicious front-matter filename or project folder name and kindle: true to execute OS commands as the user running buildebooks.

CVSS

7.8

7.8 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-14 15:17

Modified: 2026-10-15 14:47

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/blob/7fc313485447d9359fb38fda3cbc2ed60ce69fe7/l... disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/commit/123776c9ef61e8075ada2f7da2f7046f6a8078d9 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/pull/12 disclosure@vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/buildebooks-before-0.2.2-os-command-injection-via-kin... disclosure@vulncheck.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:02 UTC · record ↗

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