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.
CVE-2026-33206
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 89% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.3
- EG Score
- 6.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 33(Track)EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity63% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 11%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 27, 2026
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Aug 3, 2026Path traversal allows reading arbitrary files when converting a text-based file · Advisory · kovidgoyal/calibre · GitHub
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-h3p4-m74f-43g6Affected Packages
(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| calibre | 5.12.0+dfsg-1, 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u1, 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u2, 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u3, 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u4 | 5.12.0+dfsg-1+deb11u5 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| calibre | 6.13.0+repack-2 ... 6.13.0+repack-2+deb12u7 (8 versions) | 6.13.0+repack-2+deb12u8 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| calibre | 8.5.0+ds-1, 8.5.0+ds-1+deb13u1, 8.5.0+ds-1+deb13u2 | 8.5.0+ds-1+deb13u3 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| calibre | 8.10.0+ds-1 ... 9.5.0+ds+~0.10.5-1 (43 versions) | 9.6.0+ds+~0.10.5-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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