CVE-2026-110637
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/blob/7fc313485447d9359fb38fda3cbc2ed60ce69fe7/lib/kindle.js#L5-L12
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/commit/123776c9ef61e8075ada2f7da2f7046f6a8078d9
- https://github.com/wastemobile/buildebooks/pull/12
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/buildebooks-before-0.2.2-os-command-injection-via-kindlegen-epub-file-name
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.