CVE-2025-53964: Goldendict

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GoldenDict 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 has an exposed dangerous method that allows reading and modifying files when a user adds a crafted dictionary and then searches for any term included in that dictionary.

Affected products

• Goldendict Goldendict: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.5.1 only

Published 2025-07-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.