CVE-2026-25635 (GCVE-0-2026-25635)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-06 20:10 – Updated: 2026-02-11 14:54
VLAI?
Title
calibre has a Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Potential Code Execution
Summary
calibre is an e-book manager. Prior to 9.2.0, Calibre's CHM reader contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows arbitrary file writes anywhere the user has write permissions. On Windows (haven't tested on other OS's), this can lead to Remote Code Execution by writing a payload to the Startup folder, which executes on next login. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| kovidgoyal | calibre |
Affected:
< 9.2.0
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