CVE-2026-33206 PUBLISHED

calibre has a path traversal vulnerability

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 17.03.2026 Published: 27.03.2026 Updated: 27.03.2026

calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Prior to version 9.6.0, a path traversal vulnerability exists in Calibre' handling of images in Markdown and other similar text-based files allowing an attacker to include arbitrary files from the file system into the converted book. Additionally, missing authentication and server-side request forgery in the background-image endpoint in the ebook reader web view allow the files to be exfiltrated without additional interaction. Version 9.6.0 contains a fix.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.2

Product Status

Vendor kovidgoyal
Product calibre
Versions
  • Version < 9.6.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal CWE