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.

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Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Kovidgoyal
Kovidgoyal calibre
Vendors & Products Kovidgoyal
Kovidgoyal calibre

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title calibre has a path traversal vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-23
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T14:48:44.155Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T23:23:58.312Z

Link: CVE-2026-33206

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-27T14:48:29.828Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-27T15:16:54.453

Modified: 2026-03-30T13:26:29.793

Link: CVE-2026-33206

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-30T07:02:00Z

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