CVE-2026-33206

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductCalibre
PublishedMar 27, 2026
First seenMar 27, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-23CWE-23

How to fix

Update
  • calibre-ebook calibre9.6.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
calibre-ebook calibrev < 9.6.09.6.0

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