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CVE-2026-25635

HIGH CVSS: 8.6 Published: 2026-02-06 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Calibre-Ebook Calibre

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References