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CVE-2026-45272 Detail

Description

MyBooks is an enhanced and easy-to-use personal ebook management web server also known as Talebook. In 3.41.2 and earlier, the AdminSettings.post handler in webserver/handlers/admin.py accepts SOCIAL_AUTH key names without validating quotes or newline characters, and SettingsLoader.dumpfile in webserver/loader.py concatenates those names into the generated Python source file auto.py without escaping them. An administrator can submit a crafted SOCIAL_AUTH key name that closes the settings dictionary and injects arbitrary Python statements. The application later executes those statements because SettingsLoader.loadfile imports auto.py as a module, and setting autoreload to true invokes restart_async so a process supervisor restarts the service and triggers the import. Successful exploitation executes commands with the privileges of the application service account and can disclose data, modify files, establish persistence, or disrupt the service. Related authorization and registration vulnerabilities can reduce the effective privilege requirement in a chained attack, but the standalone vulnerability requires administrator access. This issue is fixed in version 3.42.0.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 9.4 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/PoxenStudio/mybooks/commit/a1780c98b00566af7da2fc099fe38500efc02e92 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/PoxenStudio/mybooks/releases/tag/3.42.0 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/PoxenStudio/mybooks/security/advisories/GHSA-4wfr-9gcv-j638 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-45272
NVD Published Date:
08/19/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/19/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.