CVE-2026-26064
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Versions 9.2.1 and below contain a Path Traversal vulnerability that allows arbitrary file writes anywhere the user has write permissions. On Windows, this leads to Remote Code Execution by writing a payload to the Startup folder, which executes on next login. Function extract_pictures only checks startswith('Pictures'), and does not sanitize '..' sequences. calibre's own ZipFile.extractall() in utils/zipfile.py does sanitize '..' via _get_targetpath(), but extract_pictures() bypasses this by using manual zf.read() + open(). This issue has been fixed in version 9.3.0.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.3–9.3
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references (7)
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- https://calibre-ebook.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/e1b5f9b45a5e8fa96c136963ad9a1d35e6adac62cnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmpcnnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/e1b5f9b45a5e8fa96c136963ad9a1d35e6adac62enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmpenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/e1b5f9b45a5e8fa96c136963ad9a1d35e6adac62Patchnvd
- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmpExploitVendor Advisorynvd
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