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calibre has a path traversal vulnerability

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2026-33206
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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3 Nov 2026, 15:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

calibre has a path traversal vulnerability

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Mar 2026, 13:53 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-33206
Complete source record
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