CVE-2026-33206CWE-23

calibre has a path traversal vulnerability

High · published March 27, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00218 · 11.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-23 · Relative Path Traversal
Published
2026-03-27T13:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 13:53Z
    calibre has a path traversal vulnerability
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