CVE-2026-26065 — calibre: Path Traversal can Lead to Arbitrary File Write and Potential Code Execution
calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Versions 9.2.1 and below are vulnerable to Path Traversal through PDB reader…
Published: 2026-02-20 · CVSS: 9.3 · CVSS 4.0
calibre is a cross-platform e-book manager for viewing, converting, editing, and cataloging e-books. Versions 9.2.1 and below are vulnerable to Path Traversal through PDB readers (both 132-byte and 202-byte header variants) that allow arbitrary file writes with arbitrary extension and arbitrary content anywhere the user has write permissions. Files are written in 'wb' mode, silently overwriting existing files. This can lead to potential code execution and Denial of Service through file corruption. This issue has been fixed in version 9.3.0.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7