Bug 2441262 (CVE-2026-26064) - CVE-2026-26064 calibre: Calibre: Remote Code Execution via Path Traversal
Summary: CVE-2026-26064 calibre: Calibre: Remote Code Execution via Path Traversal
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-26064
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2441319
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Reported: 2026-02-20 03:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-20 10:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-20 03:01:40 UTC
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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