CVE-2026-33206

March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

8.2
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Calibre
  • Calibre
  • *, 9.6.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-23
Relative Path Traversal
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a calibre calibre / / / / / / / /
a calibre calibre 9.6.0 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-h3p4-m74f-43g6
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-h3p4-m74f-43g6

Tags

[email protected]
CWE-23
2026-03-27
CVE-2026-33206

CVSS Score

8.2 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: PASSIVE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Last Modified: March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

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