CVE-2026-33206

MEDIUM

calibre has a path traversal vulnerability

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.3
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
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