CVE-2026-33206
MEDIUMCalibre <9.6.0 Markdown Image Handling - Path Traversal
Title source: manualDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
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https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-h3p4-m74f-43g6
Scores
CVSS v3
6.3
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
14.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-23
Status
published
Products (2)
calibre-ebook/calibre
< 9.6.0
kovidgoyal/calibre
< 9.6.0
Published
Mar 27, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 29, 2026