CVE-2026-25635
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.2.0, Calibre's CHM reader contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows arbitrary file writes anywhere the user has write permissions. On Windows (haven't tested on other OS's), this can lead to Remote Code Execution by writing a payload to the Startup folder, which executes on next login. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0.
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references (9)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-25635cnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/9739232fcb029ac15dfe52ccd4fdb4a07ebb6ce9cnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-32vh-whvh-9fxrcnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/9739232fcb029ac15dfe52ccd4fdb4a07ebb6ce9enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-32vh-whvh-9fxrenisa_euvd
- https://0x5t.raptx.org/posts/calibre-chm-rceExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/9739232fcb029ac15dfe52ccd4fdb4a07ebb6ce9Patchnvd
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