CVE-2026-26064
calibre: Path Traversal Vulnerability Enables Arbitrary File Write and Remote Code Execution
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.
| CWE | CWE-22 |
| Vendor | kovidgoyal |
| Product | calibre |
| Published | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Feb 20, 2026 |
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