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PYSEC-2026-1228

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 16:02 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:23

Details

ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
calibreweb	pkg:pypi/calibreweb

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      ],
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        "0.6.13",
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        "0.6.15",
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        "0.6.17",
        "0.6.18",
        "0.6.19",
        "0.6.20",
        "0.6.21",
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    "CVE-2025-6998",
    "GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m"
  ],
  "details": "ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1228",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:23:52.607215Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T16:02:58.600303Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6998"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/megadeth"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2g7m-ph9x-7q7m"
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  ],
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CVE-2025-6998 (GCVE-0-2025-6998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-24 19:39 – Updated: 2025-07-25 13:17

Title

Calibre Web 0.6.24 & Autocaliweb 0.7.0 - ReDoS

Summary

Severity

8.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-24 19:50 UTC

CWE

CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Assigner

Fluid Attacks CNA

CNA scorecard B 89/100 over 58 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/megadeth	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web	product
https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb	product

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Calibre Web	Calibre Web	Affected: 0.6.24 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:calibre_web:calibre_web:0.6.24::linux:::::
Autocaliweb	Autocaliweb	Affected: 0.7.0 , < 0.7.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:autocaliweb:autocaliweb:::linux:::::*

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GHSA-2G7M-PH9X-7Q7M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-24 21:30 – Updated: 2025-07-28 14:53

Summary

Calibre Web and Autocaliweb have a ReDoS vulnerability

Details

Severity

8.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "calibreweb"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            }
          ],
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    "CVE-2025-6998"
  ],
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    {
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      "url": "https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/megadeth"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gelbphoenix/autocaliweb"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web"
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