CVE-2026-26064 (GCVE-0-2026-26064)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-20 01:44 – Updated: 2026-02-20 15:34
VLAI?
Title
calibre: Path Traversal Vulnerability Enables Arbitrary File Write and Remote Code Execution
Summary
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.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
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Impacted products
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| kovidgoyal | calibre |
Affected:
< 9.3.0
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