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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-26064
Awaiting Analysis
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Source-security-advisories@github.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-20 Feb, 2026 | 02:16
Updated At-20 Feb, 2026 | 13:49

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.

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Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Secondary4.09.3CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Type: Secondary
Version: 4.0
Base score: 9.3
Base severity: CRITICAL
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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-22Primarysecurity-advisories@github.com
CWE ID: CWE-22
Type: Primary
Source: security-advisories@github.com
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References
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https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/e1b5f9b45a5e8fa96c136963ad9a1d35e6adac62security-advisories@github.com
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https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmpsecurity-advisories@github.com
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/commit/e1b5f9b45a5e8fa96c136963ad9a1d35e6adac62
Source: security-advisories@github.com
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Hyperlink: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmp
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