CVE-2026-26065 PUBLISHED

calibre: Path Traversal can Lead to Arbitrary File Write and Potential Code Execution

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.02.2026 Published: 20.02.2026 Updated: 20.02.2026

calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Versions 9.2.1 and below are vulnerable to Path Traversal through PDB readers (both 132-byte and 202-byte header variants) that allow arbitrary file writes with arbitrary extension and arbitrary content anywhere the user has write permissions. Files are written in 'wb' mode, silently overwriting existing files. This can lead to potential code execution and Denial of Service through file corruption. This issue has been fixed in version 9.3.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.3

Product Status

Vendor kovidgoyal
Product calibre
Versions
  • Version < 9.3.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE